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After the Snow: The Oakland County Child Murders and the Search for the Killer

Abstract

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<p><em><em>After the Snow: The Oakland County Child Murders and the Search for the Killer </em></em>is a work of nonfiction that recounts the murders of four children who lived in the suburbs of Oakland County, Michigan and the subsequent search for their murderer, the Oakland County Child Killer. The first of the four murders occurred in February 1976 and the last in March 1977. This thesis chronicles the unsolved case and the police investigation that began in 1976 and seems close to a successful conclusion in the spring of 2009. Over the course of the last two-and-a-half years, I have conducted lengthy interviews with Cathy King, the sister of one of the victims, and researched primary sources, the <em>Detroit Free Press </em>and the <em>Detroit News</em>, as well as other materials. My research also includes the use of Cathy King’s private and confidential correspondences with people involved in this case.</p> <p><a></a></p>

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
M.F.A.
Level thesis:degree_level
Thesis-Restricted
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Film, Theatre, and Communication Arts
Year dc:date.available
2009

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Cianci, Julia
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Bates, Randolph
  • Harvey, Miles
  • Gonzalez, Daniel

Subjects

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Identifiers

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Repository record dc:identifier
https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/348
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:scholarworks.uno.edu:td-1139

Chain of custody

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2026-07-24
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citation

Cianci, Julia. After the Snow: The Oakland County Child Murders and the Search for the Killer. Thesis-Restricted thesis, 2009. https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/348