A Father's Story – Oakland County Child Killer

In 2016, Barry King, father of Tim King, began a series of blog posts relating his experiences with the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office and the Michigan State Police. His blog was located under the domain name afathersstory-occk.com and there were approximately 80 postings made that year. Mr. King passed away in December of 2020 and 2 years later the domain was not renewed, causing the website to go offline. The site was and still is archived in the Wayback Machine but thereafter was no longer indexed by search engines. The posts were restored here under the new domain name occk.info in order to give Mr. King’s posts the attention they deserve. 

Barry King, devoted father and lawyer, in pursuit of solving The Oakland County Child Killer Case for his beloved son, Tim and the rest of the victims. The Oakland County Child Killer (OCCK) is an unidentified serial killer responsible for the murders of four or more children, two girls and two boys, in Oakland County, Michigan, United States in 1976 and 1977. 

On February 15, 1976, Mark Stebbins, 12, was abducted in Ferndale MI, his body was found four days later in Southfield, MI. On December 22, 1976 Jill Robinson, 12, was abducted in Royal Oak, MI, three days later her body was found near Troy, MI. On January 2, 1997, Kristine Mihelich, 10, was abducted in Berkley, MI, 19 days later her body was found in Franklin Village, MI. On March 16, 1997 Tim King, son of Barry King, author of A Father’s Story, was abducted near Birmingham, MI, six days later his body was found in Livonia, MI.

A Father’s Story will follow a timeline of videos, blog posts, statements, and information regarding the case in hopes that someone will come forward with missing information

This series of unfortunate events is staggering and instilled fear and hysteria throughout Southeastern MI and the nation. Local and nation-wide news channels took a fast interest in the story where the OCCK case was featured in People Magazine, Time Magazine, Good Housekeeping, The Daily Tribune, The Detroit News, The Detroit Free Press, The Oakland Press, The Traverse City Record Eagle, Detroit Monthly and The Birmingham Eccentric.

There have been many leads and arrests throughout the effort of solving this case. Many of the suspects are now deceased, or in custody. However, the case remains open with no one serving time for the murders of four innocent children in Oakland County, MI. Please follow A Father’s Story in hopes of filling in the missing links of any useful information to solving this gruesome unsolved mystery for my son Tim and all of the victims lives that the Oakland County Child Killer took.

By occk.info / November 3, 2024

Chapter 30: Ted Lamborgine, Part 1

Over the 30 year period from 1977 to 2007, it was customary for the local television stations to review the...

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Chapter 31: Ted Lamborgine, Part 2

The King family learned more about the Lamborgine relationship to the OCCK murders when we received a police report in...

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Chapter 32: Arch Sloan

Arch Sloan was first identified to the King family on July 17, 2012 when the Oakland County Prosecutor publicly requested...

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By occk.info / November 3, 2024

Chapter 33: October 27, 2009 Task Force Meeting: Prelude

This and the following chapters will discuss the history of the Busch investigation before the March 1, 2010 phone call...

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By occk.info / November 3, 2024

Chapter 34: October 27, 2009 Task Force Conference: Meeting

Chris and I invited Erica McAvoy and her stepfather, Tom Ashcroft, to attend the October 27 conference. When we arrived,...

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Chapter 35: October 27, 2009 Task Force Meeting: Aftermath

After October 27, 2009 there are several inconsistences the King family believes may indicate a lack of cooperation between the...

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Chapter 36: March 1, 2010: Previously Requested Documents

Prior to the March 1, 2010 telephone advice from Jessica Cooper that Busch was not a suspect, my family had...

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Chapter 37: Interim Comments – Two

In reading my Story, please remember that the government did not provide me with any documents until I received the...

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Chapter 38: Prosecutor Disclosures: Channel 4

On June 19, 2012, Kevin Dietz of Channel 4 requested the following information from Jessica Cooper: “Pursuant to the provisions...

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Chapter 39: Prosecutorial Disclosures: Detroit Free Press

On October 5, 2012 Laurie Brasier of the Detroit Free Press filed a FOIA request with the Oakland County Prosecutor...

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