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Paul Girard was a 34 year old Gay man living in Marquette, a city in the far north of Michigan's upper peninsula. Marquette is a college town, home to Northern Michigan University.
Girard was last seen at a store around 3a and his body, stabbed more than 40 times, was found at 10:15a by walkers at beautiful Preque Isle Park. Paul was face up, his throat cut near the grave of Chief Kawbawgum, a landmark in the park.
Many suspects were mentioned over the years and it seems that Marquette PD has narrowed it down but they lack the evidence needed to make an arrest.
Paul's glasses and the murder weapon, a folding knife, were found nearby. His wallet was gone. The motive seems to be a hate crime.
Paul Girard was a 34 year old Gay man living in Marquette, a city in the far north of Michigan's upper peninsula. Marquette is a college town, home to Northern Michigan University.
Girard was last seen at a store around 3a and his body, stabbed more than 40 times, was found at 10:15a by walkers at beautiful Preque Isle Park. Paul was face up, his throat cut near the grave of Chief Kawbawgum, a landmark in the park.
Many suspects were mentioned over the years and it seems that Marquette PD has narrowed it down but they lack the evidence needed to make an arrest.
Paul's glasses and the murder weapon, a folding knife, were found nearby. His wallet was gone. The motive seems to be a hate crime.
Source: 20th anniversary of the Paul Girard killingSeptember 30, 2008 - By KIM HOYUMDetails began to emerge; Girard lived in south Marquette and worked at D&D Rental, close to home. He was originally from Gwinn.
He had been seen at a few local bars and restaurants the evening before, so detectives began to examine the hours just prior to the killing.
Police were looking for someone who knew Girard; the manner of his death was not typical of a murder committed by astranger.
"The number of stab wounds were obviously overkill. Some were post-mortem, which indicates anger," Angeliexplained.
Sarvello said the department requested suspect profiles from the FBI and regional profiling centers, which bore out investigators' conclusions about the killer.
"We don't believe it was a random act of violence," Warchock said. "We believe he knew his assailant and had met his assailant. The length of time of that acquaintance is hard to say, but we don't believe it was a stranger."
Angeli said detectives began toinvestigate Girard's personal life, and - then and now - believe the motive forthe killing was at least in part animosity toward gays.
"I don't think it was any secret that he was gay," Angeli said. "We feel there was some type of relationship to his lifestyle, so in today's world, it's fair to say it could be classified as a hate crime."
It wasn't until the next April that the investigation began to focus on one main suspect, Sarvello said. A Michigan State Police detective heard about the suspect while working on an unrelated case, and tipped the city police.
Although the person suspected of the murder was interviewed at length, no evidence came of it.