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On 9-11-1991, Michigan State police Sgt., Clifford Edwards kept a posse waiting all day where I-96 intersects Milford Road near New Hudson Village/Wixom, just West of Detroit. Edwards waited to play a stupendously stupid trick on the public; five innocent children died as a result.At 4:15 PM, their target, Tom Sawyer departed from his restaurant. Edwards risked a dangerous, melodramatic, roadblock to geek the media just before the 5 O'Clock news.He intended to leak as "a person of interest" for a series of previously undisclosed child-bicyclist abduction/rapes committed throughout rural Michigan and Northern Ohio. The media would be doing the rest.Media-prosthelitized crime witnesses could be expected to arrive at the lineups Edwards planned for the next day in a feeding frenzy . . . eager to pick out property seized from this, Bicycle Stalker," suapect, Tom Sawyer. To steer them, Edwards orchestrated on-item lineups, offering only Tom's car. Tom's registered handgun, briefcase, etc. Of course, any "identifications" made from such a patently suggestive lineup would not be admissable in court. But, in the court of public opinion? With the media - as they do - slavishly, one-sidedly, and ferociously reporting what Edwards fed them . . . the media implanting biased "facts" into future jurors' minds - which facts may or may not be admissable in court and which facts may or may not be true?But the media ignored Edwards sleezy dog and pony roadblock. The witness arrived at the stacked "lineups" open-minded and impartial, eager to help catch a dangerous criminal. But that criminal's stuff was not represented in Edwards phony lineup. Not one of the 10 witnesses remotely picked Tom's seized property or car. (see exhibit "A").Fatefully, lifelong serial abduction/rapist Leslie Allen Williams by an infuriating kind of freaky coincidence which would plague this criminal investigation - passed that roadblock while driving to his nearby, South Lyon 430 gas station job.Williams spotted Tom's white Olds Calais surrounded by preening police officers. Just like Williams' uncle's white Pontiac Grand Am sometimes borrowed for Williams rape patrol. Williams knew what time it was. Time to change his MO to murder to prevent future victims' reports from alerting police that they got the wrong men.Having passed 30 of his 43 years five times through the revolving prison doors, Williams next lured an acquaitance, knowing he would kill her just to extend one more spree. Kami Villanueva went missing right in front of Williams' gas station. Mere hours after edwards'fancy roadblock. Just a few hundred yards from the roadblock. He took two more children within two weeks and near the roadblock.A fourth victim, 15 year old Cynthia Jones was reportedly kidnapped by an armed assailant from her boyfriend's parked car, just a mile from that roadblock on Milford Road. By then Tom's wife, Diane Sawyer had already begun a ferocious campaign alerting the FBI, Edwards' task force, prosecutorsand their media groupies of growing evidence proving that they had targeted the wrong man and in doing so provoking the real perpetrator into a murderous rampage.The Edwards cohort cavalierly declared the missing kids "runaways." This despite the missing children's families and friends' angry protests that Cynthia and Craig were model youths and responsible citizens. In a separate later chapter I shall detail Craig's futile effort to get investigators looking for Cynthia's captor while hope quickly faded away. When Craig desparately and foolishly took and passed a private polygraph, the authorities declared his 'deception' while Cynthia's life was squeezed from her by Williams hands.The media dutifully reported police pronouncements, like "God's Word" while ignoring tips by William's girlfriend. The back sliding, relentless, self-serving finger pointing following Williams' eventual and accidental capture - dutifully tauted by the media with such a stupid heart -to quote Tennyson - must be read to be believed.I'll report for the first time about Amanda Davies' disappearance and how Diane confronted Edwards and his sidekick, Christy Palmer, with the cold facts. Amanda disappeared - again, mere hours after Tom's first convictionin Hillsdale County. From that same village, Dansville high school parking lot from which the victim had just emerged from biking and into a predator's waiting grasp in the second, Ingham County, trial trial Tom was then awaiting."Runaway", Palmer and Edwards sneered, despite Diane's irrefutable evidence of foul play. My later reporting her fateful exchanges will astonish you. When shortly thereafter they found Amande murdered, Edwards just turned around and arrested Amanda's boyfriend, Mike Carroll. His proofs? Obtuse media nonsense and this:Edwards sicced MSP "Fibrologist" Amy Sanderson on Mike Carroll. The same Amy Sanderson about whom you will later read in my treatise on forensics fraud in American courtrooms. Sanderson, who was the prime and sole forensics witness against Tom: A crackpot, opportunistic pseudo-scientist, willingly condemning innocent suspects, like Tom and Mike, falsely claiming that her forensics tied them to the crime scenes. This accomplished routinely by her ilk who take advantage of jurors' natural reticence about scientific matters. promoted by weasely scientific jargon crafted to mislead by creating the aura, sensation, feeling . . . the impression . . . of facts for those unaccustomed to thinking in scientific terms.This which former FBI Forensics Laboratory Director, Dr. Fred Whitehurst, after revealing Amy Sanderson's methodology in Tom's cases. opined was a "flim-flam." (See exhibit "B"). Sanderson has parlayed these cases - her very first three cases, by the way, into a cushy FBI Forensic's Lab job. While linking Tom (and Mike) to their charged crimes "forensically," Sanderson was present between October 2 - 4, 1991 at the MSP Crime Lab when her colleague, Kyle Hoskins secretly discovered the perpetrator's semen on the Hillsdale and Ingham (and other) victims' clothing, compared those to Tom's seized blood and disclosedan irrefutable mismatch. They then buried it all.I and other volunteers recovered these damning reports and files years later under the Freedom of Information Act. This undisclosed testing was the sole basis for the 6th US Circuit Ct of Appeals overturning Tom's Hillsdale conviction.By now, our uncounselled, rag-tag legal team has helped to get all of the convictions reversed and (by threatening lawsuits) prosecutions dropped, except the conviction in Ingham County. As of January, 2011, Tom's appeals has languished in theFederal Appellate Court (click here) and (click here) for over 6 months. In spite of a direct Order from the Appellate Court, ordering the Michigan Attorney General to file a Reply Brief to Tom's Brief, or to explain why they will not be filing a Reply Brief, the Michigan Attorney General refused even to answer Tom's Appeal.What do they have to hide?Hmmmm. Maybe it was another suspect that was picked out of the lineup by the Hillsdale victim ("that's him" said she to the State Police). This suspect was Robert Beadle, who far more resembled the attacker that the MSP "task force" was looking for than Tom did, was previously tried for assaulting young girls (twice), but was found not guilty because his wife gave him an alibi. The same Robert Beadle, who had faked an accident by running into a tree and setting fire to his car. The same Robert Beadle, whose modus operandi perfectly matched that of the perpetrator sought by the task force, who was arrested after sitting nude in his company car while observing young children playing at Portage Northern Middle School.In his company car, police found a blackjack, loaded pistol, handcuffs and a blanket. Stolen Ohio License Tags were noted on the vehicle by eyewitnesses who called police. For further information see Robert Beadle vs. Michigan State Police Pension Fund. Oh, I'm sorry ! ! Did I forget to mention that Robert Beadle was a Michigan State Police Lieutenant ? That his 'company car' was an unmarked Michigan State Police cruiser? Sorry. Then I MUST have forgotten to tell you that although he was arrested and charged in the Portage incident, he never was prosecuted !!!! He moved to Maitland, Florida.And Tom sits in jail waiting, nearly twenty years for the Appellate Ct to get off its duff. And the arrogant Michigan Attorney General won't even deign to file a response - let alone to join a motion to: FREE TOM SAWYER.I shall offer a complete 75-page, secret investigation report compiled against Beadle - prepared by his own Michigan State Police, which we obtained pursuant to FOIA, to anyone interested. In it, two New York State Police agents surveilled Beadle at his Traverse City home, on erly May 10, 1991. Then those officers went off to their 10 AM tee time at the Hilton Resort's ":Bear" golf course, and the serial rapist attacked another victim 7 hours later in Hillsdale, Michigan. The police report indicates that the Hillsdale victim picked Robert Beadle out of a photo lineup. "That's him" said she, according to the report.FORENSICS UPDATE
The same Amy Sanderson (Michaud) mentioned on this page as a forensic "expert" on fibers/ co-conspirator in the forensics perjury committed by Kyle Hoskins in the Hillsdale conviction (since reversed), is now the esteemed forensics expert for the FTA (oops) AFT in Washington D.C., and residing in the affluent city of Annapolis, MD.Stuart Dunnings, III
Prosecuting Attorney,
Ingham County, MI.
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(continued)Immediately thereafter, Det. Sgt. Cliff Edwards took over.Their prime suspect, identified by the victim, never was mentioned again, except for a curious notation Edwards made on his August 7, 1991 time card, coincidentally the night before Edwards arrived at Tom Sawyer as his perpetrator: That entry said "INTERR BEADLE."
(For further information see Robert Beadle vs. Michigan State Police Pension Fund. Oh, I'm sorry ! ! Did I forget to mention that Robert Beadle was a Michigan State Police Lieutenant ? That his 'company car' was an unmarked Michigan State Police cruiser? Sorry. Then I MUST have forgotten to tell you that although he was arrested and charged in the Portage incident, he never was prosecuted !!!! He moved to Maitland, Florida. My bad, as they say in prison.How Tom was selected as the perpetrator (with no arrests, no record) was never revealed - "just good detective work," Edwards testified at the trials. (click here). What was revealed is that Edwards visited the only eyewitness in any of the assaults, other than the vicitms, one Daniel Walentowski, and persuaded him to change his recorded and documented description of the perpetrator's car from a newer, clean, two door Ford, to match Tom's rusted four door (140,000) filthy, Olds Calais.Of course Walentowski was not required to testify at the two trials in which Tom was convicted (just good detective work - eh detective?), because, over stiff objection from the defense, Judge Houk and Judge Moes, in fairness to Tom (they claim), didn't want the jury to know about other pending trials. Like the jury didn't watch the news or read the front page of the local paper every single day of the trial, and, goodness, we wouldn't want to taint the jury with Mr. Walentowski's first-hand identification, would we?But then, all is well. After the two convictions, the Monroe Judge ruled that "good detective work" was heresay and that Walentowski had to testify at trial. Walentowski, who, at Tom's arraignment hearing could not identify Tom, even though Tom was seated at the Defense table in Jail Greens. In all fairness, neither could the victim, even though both had no trouble picking Tom out of a lineup consisting of Tom and 5 Michigan State Police Officers. But then again, Detective Edwards, who drove the 5 cops to the lineup and sat with the witnesses while they picked Tom out of the lineup, failed to appear at the arraignment - I guess Walentowski figured it was a trick (like Hill Street Blues, or something). Walentowski picked out an assistant prosecutor standing in the rear of the courtroom (and so that prosecutor did testify).At trial, Walentowski claimed his right against self-incrimination (I'm not making this up), and refused to answer questions. Tom was acquitted after 40 minutes of deliberation.So, Tom spends 20 years in prison, so that the Michigan State Police can protect one of their own/It isn't right, and we could use some help.HARD TIME
If you think it's easy for someone to do time in a Michigan Prison check out Tom's face in a recent photo (click here).
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE COURT
Tom Sawyer was convicted of Rape and Kidnapping in Hillsdale, Michigan, and in a separate trial in Lansing, Michigan. He was found "NOT GUILTY" in Monroe, Michigan. After conviction, we discovered that the Michigan State Police had tested DNA found on the Hillsdale victim that did not match Tom. THE MICHIGAN STATE POLICE LIED AT TRIAL.
The Hillsdale CONVICTION was REVERSED.
Since then Tom has appealed the Lansing conviction - same reason, same crooked Michigan State Police task force, same evidence.
All we are asking the MICHIGAN APPELLATE COURTS and the U.S. COURT OF APPEALS: take the time to READ these three pages of the Goddamn appeal. Not the rest of the appeal JUST THESE THREE PAGES.
ARE WE ASKING TOO MUCH?
Call or E-mail Detective Lts Cliff Edwards Det. and Christine Palmer and ask them why they committed perjury
Michigan State Police
333 S. Grand Ave.
P.O. Box 30634
Lansing, MI 48909-0634
Information: (517) 332-2521
ONCE UPON A TIME
Once upon a time, and a very bad time it was, there was a moo cow coming along down the road, and the moo cow coming along down along the road met a nicens little boy. That boy's name was BABY JUSTICE. Tom Sawyer was that little boy, and his Dad used to tell him that story - how in America, the guilty accused were punished, but the innocent accused went free.
Then along down the road came the moo cow; HIS name was Stuart Dunnings. Moo Cow Dunnings saw things differently. He saw ambition; status; wealth; fame. He invisioned Claude McCollum as a way to achieve status and wealth and fame. But justice stood in his path. So he ignored JUSTICE. And Claude McCollum went to jail.
Evidence, in the possession of the moo cow proving Mr. McCollum's innocence. was discovered and Mr. McCollum's attorney, Hugh Clarke, Jr. http://www.lansingmi.gov/court/judges.jsp filed an appeal. But if Moo Cow were to pursue Justice, he would have to admit that his office made a mistake, and it was not good for an ambitious moo cow to admit to making mistakes.
ONE day, the good fairy came along and proved Claude McCollum's innocence. The moo cow wasn't impressed, and fought off the evidence and grappled with the good fairy. In the end, JUSTICE won out and Mr. McCollum went free, and collected $2 million in a settlement with mpp cow (Paid for by the good folks of Lansing).
Shedding alligator tears, Moo cow expressed his deepest sorrow and regretted that he had railroaded Mr. McCollum into prison and assured everyone that he would make sure that it never, never happened again - promised the moo cow.
But the moo cow was lying - again.
Baby tuckoo (Tom Sawyer) was convicted in Ingham County for kidnapping and assault. He previously was convicted in Hillsdale, but the Federal Appellate Ct. reversed that decision when it was learned that the Michigan State Police had committed perjury and covered up evidence that proved Tom Sawyer innocent.
Remembering the story his father had told him about the moo cow coming along down the road seeking JUSTICE, and fresh from the words of the moo cow ringing in his ears about how sorry the moo cow was that Mr. McCollum had gone to jail, and how moo cow vowed never to let that happen again, Mr. Sawyer appealed his conviction and showed moo cow the forensics' evidence (click here). and the fibers evidence (click here) , and the other information (click here) that proved his innocence.
But the moo cow had used up allllll of his regrets and he refused to help baby tuckoo.
Some years before, even before the moo cow had framed Mr. McCollum, the moo cow had attended a high- profile seminar at Michigan State University (go Spartans) announcing the opening of a 'Project Innocence" chapter at Cooley Law School. CBS, Project Innocence, and other media were there, as well as the (retired) Director of the Michigan State Police Crime Lab. One of the those also attending brought out the fact that the MSP lab folks had falsified the forensics and lied at trial in the Tom Sawyer case.
Apparently moo cow was not impressed.
We all hope JUSTICE will again come to baby Justice, and we would appreciate it if you would e-mail moo cow and persuade him to remember his pledge that injustice would never happen again.
Thanks to James Joyce
The Lansing State Journal explained why Dunnings should take the fall . . . :
“The Attorney General Office’s review of the Claude McCollum prosecution is a defining failure in a long record of problems under Dunnings’ management. (my emphasis) There have been too many examples of misjudgment and too much misunderstanding of what it means to be a public servant in the most sensitive position in county government.
“The logic for Dunnings’ departure boils down to a single word: trust. The voters of this county have given him an office of wide-ranging powers. His record, though, shows he cannot be trusted with them.
“And in the McCollum case, it seems Dunnings couldn’t even be bothered with the details. The AG’s Office spent months reviewing documents and interviewing the principals in the case that led to McCollum being wrongly convicted and imprisoned for the brutal slaying of Carolyn Kronenberg.
“The picture presented is one of a prosecution focused on McCollum to the exclusion of evidence that created clear doubt. And Dunnings? He doesn’t appear at all. His subordinates, based on their testimony, did not even inform Dunnings of a critical analysis of video evidence that put McCollum elsewhere at the time of Kronenberg’s death.
“The Ingham County Prosecutor’s Office handles thousands of criminal complaints each year. There’s no way a single person could be on top of every single case.
“But this wasn’t the average break-in or car theft. This was a heinous and high-profile homicide. Dunnings appears to have delegated the matter to someone he trusted and left it at that.
Other Dunnings’ shortcomings:
“Looking back over the last decade, there were other warning signs about Dunnings’ adherence to key principles of public service.“Again and again, Dunnings has attempted to keep key facets of the legal process out of the public eye.
“He actively lobbied for a state law to restrict public access to search warrants and related documents – after he himself had suppressed search warrants in homicide cases. “In 1999, he kept the public in the dark about the actual arrest of a rape suspect. Search warrants in that case were issued in secret and sealed.
“The LSJ has had its run-ins with the prosecutor, most notably in 1999 when he unsuccessfully sought unpublished photos taken by LSJ staffers on the night of a riot in East Lansing – a move that would have turned the media into an arm of the Prosecutor’s Office.”
Tell Mr. Dunnings what you think.
