The kickoff piece. Sets what police knew against what the public was told, documents the death that was never announced, and grades the department’s disclosure.
The most complete public account of all five cases, from Chief Rob Backus’s press conference. The source for Dunnebacke’s death, the department’s release practice, and the tip line.
Joanna Woodruff’s interview, and the first public statement Clutch has found in which police said they were exploring a connection.
The original release on Gino Chouinard’s death, before his name was public.
Robert Smith’s homicide ruling, announced nine weeks after he died.
Daniel Lusk’s death and the full text of Mayor Andy Schor’s August 20 statement that the trail remained safe.
Independent account of the Lusk stabbing, with the city’s homicide count for the year.
The police release on Louis Woodruff’s death.
Downtown business and trail users react to the Lusk stabbing.
Trail users and the Friends of the Lansing Regional Trails on safety, days before the press conference.
How the trail was built and who uses it. Useful for understanding the geography.
A man in his 20s found under the Kalamazoo Street bridge, the same bridge where Dunnebacke was found.
River recovery near the Brenke Fish Ladder. Circumstances never released.
Knife attack on an unhoused man near Frandor. He survived; the attacker was never found.
The Manuel Pena and Josephina Betancourt river recoveries.