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Today in True Crime

December 26, 1976: Jill Robinson’s Body Found

Today in True Crime

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Education, True Crime, History

4.42.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2019

⏱️ 15 minutes

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On this day in 1976, police in Michigan received a tip about a body lying on the side of the road. Upon investigation, they identified it as 12-year-old Jill Robinson. She would come to be known as the second victim in the mysterious case of the “Oakland County Child Killer.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Today is Thursday, December 26th, 2019.

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On this day in 1976, police in Oakland County, Michigan received a tip about a body lying on the side of the road.

0:47.0

Upon investigation, they identified it as 12-year-old Jill Robinson, Jill would come to be known as the second victim in the mysterious

0:57.4

case of the Oakland County Child Killer. wild killer. Carcast original. Due to the graphic nature of today's crimes, listener discretion is advised,

1:16.0

extreme caution is advised for listeners under 13. Today we're covering the discovery of 12-year-old Jill Robinson's body, the second murder linked to the Oakland County child killer.

1:29.0

Let's go back to Michigan on the morning of December 26th, 1976.

1:37.0

The snow fell noiselessly outside the Troy Police Station in Oakland County, Michigan.

1:47.0

It was 8.45 a.m. on a slow Sunday morning.

1:52.0

The officers reclined at their desks, barely minding the low hum of the radio,

1:57.9

which conveyed occasional chit-chat from motorists on the nearby interstate.

2:03.0

Suddenly a driver's voice cut through the static.

2:06.4

He was on I-75 north near Big Beaver Road,

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