MI MI - Jeffrey Willis - Suspected SK in Muskegon County, MI

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June 15, 2016

Jeffrey Willis waives right to preliminary hearing on kidnapping charge
http://www.wzzm13.com/news/local/mu...liminary-trial-on-kidnapping-charge/245078275

In the brief hearing in front of a Muskegon County District judge, Willis and his attorney told the judge a preliminary hearing on the felony kidnap charge scheduled for Thursday afternoon would not be needed.

 

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June 15, 2016

Jeffrey Willis kidnapping case headed to trial
Read more: http://woodtv.com/2016/06/15/jeffrey-willis-kidnapping-case-headed-to-trial/

MUSKEGON, Mich. (WOOD) — A Muskegon County murder suspect on Wednesday waived his preliminary hearing in a separate kidnapping case, sending it to circuit court for trial.

Jeffrey Willis is now expected back in court on June 29 for a preliminary hearing in the murder case of Rebekah Bletsch.

 

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June 17, 2016

New lead triggers search for body of Jessica Heeringa
Read more: http://www.freep.com/story/news/loc...essica-heeringa-willis-body-missing/86032380/

According to a police official familiar with the case, a team of investigators and cadaver dogs searched an area near an abandoned railroad trail Friday morning after receiving information that Heeringa's body was dumped there. The cadaver search was unsuccessful, but the investigation is ongoing.

According to the official, the search took place about a quarter mile down the street from the home of Jeffrey Willis — the 46-year-old married factory worker who was charged last month in the 2014 shooting death of a mother who was killed while jogging on a rural road in Muskegon County.

 

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June 17, 2016

Report: Search of woods near Jeffrey Willis' home prompted by Heeringa tip
http://www.wzzm13.com/news/local/mu...-accused-killer-jeffery-willis-home/247408281

Image from video at link.

 

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June 17, 2016

Tip led to search near Willis’ home for Jessica Heeringa
Read more: http://woodtv.com/2016/06/17/neighbor-police-searched-land-near-jeffrey-willis-home/

MUSKEGON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A month after murder suspect Jeffrey Willis was arrested for kidnapping, his wife has filed for divorce.

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The divorce filed in Muskegon County Circuit Court shows Willis and his wife, Charlene, have been separated since his May 17 arrest for the alleged kidnapping of a 16-year-old girl.

In the complaint, the wife says nothing about the trouble he’s facing, only that there’s been a breakdown in the marriage.

 

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Is Chelsea Bruck one of Willis' victims?

 

[colette]

Is Chelsea Bruck one of Willis' victims?

No one knows yet but I think it could be possible. It was a big weekend Halloween party. He could have driven that far trolling for a victim IMO.

 

[buckeye05]

Is Chelsea Bruck one of Willis' victims?

Unlikely.

Willis's comfort zone seems to have been confined to the Muskegon County area, and the Bruck case does not seem geographically consistent with that. From what I understand, other departments around the state are exchanging information with Muskegon police in hopes over uncovering other crimes, though nothing else has been discovered at this point. I would assume that the Bruck case was one of the first they looked at, and since we haven't heard anything about it, I'd think they likely have Willis ruled out (alibi ect).

 

[otto]

Unlikely.

Willis's comfort zone seems to have been confined to the Muskegon County area, and the Bruck case does not seem geographically consistent with that. From what I understand, other departments around the state are exchanging information with Muskegon police in hopes over uncovering other crimes, though nothing else has been discovered at this point. I would assume that the Bruck case was one of the first they looked at, and since we haven't heard anything about it, I'd think they likely have Willis ruled out (alibi ect).

Agreed - and Willis seems to take his victims off the street, or from their place of work, when no one else is around ... so walking a woman out of a party doesn't fit. Wasn't there a report that photos were found in his van? Has anything come of that yet?

 

[colette]

Agreed - and Willis seems to take his victims off the street, or from their place of work, when no one else is around ... so walking a woman out of a party doesn't fit. Wasn't there a report that photos were found in his van? Has anything come of that yet?

Really? The teen he kidnapped had walked out of a party and got lost when she met Willis. He used to video women in shopping areas, I think he would try all different ways to get women. If the woman needed help at a party, he would be the good samaritan to let her use his phone or give her a ride.

 

[cgon4872]

I think it's still too early in the investigation to be ruling Willis out of any cases. Maybe his DNA, once it's finally processed and entered into the national database will link him to some unsolved crimes.

I'm wondering how much he traveled outside of the state, if at all. I found it a little weird he never strayed away from Muskegon county for his entire life.

 

[margarita25]

Willis was born in 1970. He may be responsible for the murder of a 15 year old girl in 1996, when he was 26 years old. He is now 46, and still active as a predator. There must be many more.

Agreed. There must be.

 

[margarita25]

Maybe he traveled further in his earlier days to choose his victims, then started shopping closer to home as he became more comfortable and experienced? Maybe he initially traveled across state lines or at least further away in other counties/townships?

Also, what about the possibility of child abductions?

 

[margarita25]

I found a 31 year old female woman missing from Montague, MI since 3/1/2014. Montague appears to be fairly close to Norton Shores:

Jennifer Ann Grinwis
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/33030/1

 

[margarita25]

Here's a young lady missing from Norton Shores since 1988, age 19:

Stacey Chahorski
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/27780/76/

 

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I found a 31 year old female woman missing from Montague, MI since 3/1/2014. Montague appears to be fairly close to Norton Shores:

Jennifer Ann Grinwis
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/33030/1

I see that Montague MI is around 6.8 miles from Automobile Road, where Rebekah Bletsch was found, and it's around 8.8 miles from Automobile Road to where the 16-year-old girl escaped from him and ran for help in North Green Creek Road.

Jennifer Grinwis: https://www.facebook.com/jennifer.grinwis?fref=photo

Jennifer Ann Grinwis
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/33030/1

 

[otto]

Maybe he traveled further in his earlier days to choose his victims, then started shopping closer to home as he became more comfortable and experienced? Maybe he initially traveled across state lines or at least further away in other counties/townships?

Also, what about the possibility of child abductions?

I'm still wondering if he had any reason to go to Evansdale.

 

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DeNeka Dashay Walker - Age: 30 years old - lived in the 300 block of Amity Avenue in Muskegon at the time of her disappearance. That's approx. five miles from S Sheridan Dr, Muskegon where JW was living before he was arrested.

More info at links below.

DeNeka Dashay Walker
https://missingdenekawalker.wordpress.com/

Details of Disappearance

Walker was last seen in Muskegon, Michigan on August 13, 2010, getting into a black Cadillac CTS. The driver, an African-American man nicknamed Brick, has ties to the Chicago, Illinois area. She has never been heard from again. She was reported missing on August 24, nine days after she was last seen. Authorities later had contact with Brick, but there was nothing to implicate him in Walker’s disappearance and he was released from custody.Walker left behind four children, who are now in foster care. She lived in the 300 block of Amity Avenue in Muskegon at the time of her disappearance. Her case remains unsolved.

DeNeka Dashay Walker: http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/w/walker_deneka.html

 

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June 20, 2016

Man charged with lying to police in Jeffrey Willis case
http://www.wzzm13.com/news/local/mu...ng-to-police-in-jeffrey-willis-case/250353536

 

[colette]

June 20, 2016

Man charged with lying to police in Jeffrey Willis case
http://www.wzzm13.com/news/local/mu...ng-to-police-in-jeffrey-willis-case/250353536

That man is a friend of Jeffery Willis'. Why would he cover and lie for him? Did Willis say he was innocent and asked his friend to lie or is the friend involved in more than just a cover up?
From Wood8:
According to court records, Bluhm was being interviewed at his home by Michigan State Police on May 18 when police say he lied about the last time he saw Willis and whether Willis was in possession of a handgun.

http://woodtv.com/2016/06/20/jeffrey-willis-friend-charged-with-lying-to-police/