Steve Hartz

Growing up in Oakland County in the 1970s (I was a little kid, same age as the 4 murdered children), this book really opened my eyes to facts that I never knew existed. J. Reuben Appelman penned this book brilliantly as he shares not only the unknown, unpublished truth about the killer/killers, but he allows the reader to identify with him, the author, and his life growing up in Southfield, Michigan (Oakland County)-- and nearly becoming another kidnapped and murdered victim, himself. He tugs at the readers' hearts by sharing compelling moments of his childhood as well as his life struggles while researching and interviewing the surviving family members, whose kids were discarded like trash out in the open, public areas of Oakland County. There is so much more to the OCCK that the Michigan State Police kept from us. I do not want to ruin the book -- but all I can say is that I had it all wrong all these years. Blue Gremlin car the police said the kidnapper was driving -- and to be on the lookout for? The kidnappings were all about power -- and no sexual molestation was involved. Wrong! Read this book. It is riveting. Thank you J. Reuben Appelman for unraveling the lies, red herrings and misleading information that all of us were told about this kidnapper.