margarita25
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Oct 10, 2012
- Messages
- 51,426
- Reaction score
- 207,166
:bump:
Not to give them any credit, but the killer was possibly smart enough to know that the place where they dumped Michael would be indefinitely underwater in the near future.
At the time that Michael Dean Klitch left home on the afternoon of June 28, 1971, the temperature at 2:00 p.m. that afternoon was 93 degrees with a heat index of 96 degrees.
http://www.wunderground.com/history...tml?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA
That would explain why Michael was the only person at the tennis court that afternoon and why it was empty when his mother arrived to pick him up that afternoon.
Were their ever any leads or suspects in his case?
When I was looking for information on Mike's case I recall reading about some unsolved cases in and around Ohio over a ten year period of time. I wish I could find the exact site that had this information.
How many other unsolved disappearances and/or murders existed in Ohio from say 1971-1981 near the area were Mike Klitch was last seen?
Is it also known who among Mike's family is still living?
I have two theories of what could have happened to him:
1.) He was grabbed from behind, possibly when he was about to leave, or abducted by force some other way. You wonder as he was not fond of new people or situations, did he scream? Did he try to run away?
2.) The other theory is that his abductor tried to charm him, saw he was hot and uncomfortable, perhaps offering him a ride home, which lead to tragedy.
I think Mike would be very apprehensive of strangers, so my first guess I think is more likely.
I find it strange that the fire didn't spread to the whole shed and especially to the vegetation around the shed, which seems like it was very dense.
Something that jumped out at me was where Michael's belongings were found. They were found in an illegal trash dump near the shed. How big was this dump? Was it a large one or more like a small ditch where people would toss stuff if they were passing by?
There are some questions I have. I don't know if anyone here can answer them at all but they're questions I think are worth asking:
* How frequented were the roads like the one near the shed? I'm guessing they were quite isolated. Were they something only locals would know about? Would they be easy to find otherwise?
* How spread out were the properties on the site?
* Was it well-known that the area would be submerged soon?
* How many people were still living in the area? Was anyone still living in the property that had been recently sold? Any reports of anyone squatting? We know there was the neighbor who saw a car and the family who found Michael's body.
* Would there be any other people who could be very familiar with the area? Say, people working for property-owners, people who did work related to the forest, even people who did work related to the dam and who would know the terrain well?