This episode discusses the murder and sexual assault of children.

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The investigation is proceeding, but I can't say that a suspect has surfaced or nor that an arrest is imminent.

Oakland County became concerned fearing it might be an ugly pattern developing.

The consensus that the killer was either dead himself or gone from our communities, possibly never to be found again. in episode. In episode three, we covered the abduction and murder of 13-year-old Jane Allen of

Royal Oak. Her body was found in the Great Miami River in Ohio, and Jane's case remains unsolved.

Before we dig into this week's story, we need to talk about our setting. The four confirmed

victims of the Oakland County Child Killer lived in South Oakland County, in towns adjacent to one

another, Ferndale, Royal Oak, Berkeley, and Birmingham.

Each of these cities brushes up against Woodward Avenue.

And Woodward Avenue is one of the oldest roads in Michigan.

Woodward dates back to 1805, and she began just a few feet from the banks of the Detroit River, winding her way

north through Detroit into what would become Highland Park. Then Woodward leaves Wayne County for

Ferndale, Royal Oak, Berkeley, Birmingham, Bloomfield, Pontiac, and it neatly slices through

Oakland County.

Woodward is the answer to many a trivia question,

as Woodward Avenue was the location of the first mile of concrete paved roadway in the United States.

It makes sense that as people settled in Detroit and later expanded into the suburbs,

the area along Woodward Avenue became heavily populated.

Detroiters love their cars and we needed roads to drive on, so the Davison Freeway in Detroit was built during World War II.

It's known as the nation's first depressed urban freeway. It was a novel concept

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