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    My dad was an Inspector on DPD but had left by the time these murders took place so I didn't hear much about them. He retired in 73 and too the job of Chief in a small town up Van Dyke, so this was off my radar, but I do remember the Gil Hill years and a lot of the other crap that went on. I wonder if you were part of DPD from some of the things you've said.
    Quote Originally Posted by Henry Whalley View Post
    Thanks jcole. Police HQ was a puzzle-palace in those days.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jcole View Post
    I wonder if you were part of DPD from some of the things you've said.
    No.

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    In reading about the 1975 trial of narcs and dope dealers known as the 10th Precinct Conspiracy [[Pingree St. Conspiracy) I noticed that an unindicted co-conspirator was named Harold Jackson. Does anyone know if that was the same Harold Jackson of Guy Willetts notoriety?
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    Speaking of the Soup Kitchen...

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    Yeah, Dennis Archer did great harms to the city but he undoubtedly had offers he couldn’t refuse.

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    This was Henry's calling card circa 1976.Name:  Business Card.jpg
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    There are tiny handguns designed to accommodate either a .410 shotgun shell or a .45 caliber round. The .410 with buckshot has been a favorite with assassins because it's concealable and the buckshot isn't readily traceable to a specific rifled barrel. The only drawback is that firing either round from a small handgun stings like hell. Per Billy Bowles' article in the Freep dated 4-15-79, Normile was killed with a .410 shotgun, but I wonder if it was a handgun or derringer. Five days later Willetts got two rounds from a .45 automatic.Name:  Grizzly-02003.jpg
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    Going on 46 years since Henry's assassination.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Henry Whalley View Post
    Does anyone recall who the Wayne County Prosecutor was in 1983?
    Prosecutor was William Cahalan [[since 1967) but he retired in September 1983 and was succeeded by John O'Hair.

    After re-reading this thread and skimming through old newspaper articles, I decided to order the book. Sounds like a fascinating story. I vaguely remember the Willets murder and reading up on him...what a bizarre tale, and kind of pathetic.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MikeM View Post
    ...what a bizarre tale, and kind of pathetic.
    Per Panaretos' tale, the vector, Harold Jackson Jr., was innocent of at least one murder by reason of connections back in the day when the Arsenal of Democracy was more like Dodge City. IIRC the Ann Arbor Sun did a good job of reporting on the robust cross-pollination between politicians, police, and drug dealers than did our mainstream media. Reading between the lines, Normile probably was recycling cocaine and cannabis obtained via narcs of the DPD.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lowell View Post
    ...Good handball player who used to play with our Tuesday night group at the downtown YMCA.
    IIRC Henry played handball at the YMCA with Frank Blount of the DPD.

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