She also continues to run a blog about the case<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cWe need someone to say, this is a cold case, this is the coldest of cold cases. Here\u2019s what we\u2019re going to do with the evidence. Here\u2019s what we\u2019re going to do with the documentation, and here\u2019s how we\u2019re going to evaluate whether there\u2019s been obstruction of justice in this case,\u201d Broad said.<\/p>\n
Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard agreed to sit down with Local 4 to discuss the case.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was a brand-new boot. I was 20 years old,\u201d Bouchard said. \u201cProbably one of the most vivid memories is the night when the young King boy was taken.\u201d<\/p>\n
That night, Bouchard joined a massive search, stopping every car in the area in hopes of catching the kidnapper before it was too late.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe hope and prayer was, could you catch the car as it moved Timmy King in the trunk or in the back seat, bound up before he was killed,\u201d Bouchard said.<\/p>\n
Decades later, the sheriff says the case still haunts him and he believes it can be solved.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s either going to be new technology or somebody that has information that could fill in that one piece of the puzzle that can allow this to go forward. I think those are our only two kinds of Hail Marys at this point,\u201d Bouchard said.<\/p>\n
Technology like mitochondrial DNA and genealogy could help. The only problem is that much of the evidence is no longer viable or it\u2019s been used up during previous testing.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you think the killer or killers were any of the people already named?\u201d Kostiuk asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cPotentially,\u201d Bouchard said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere have been concerns about this case being obstructed or there was a cover-up. What do you have to say to that?\u201d Kostiuk asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cI never saw any evidence that there was a cover-up or a blockage by law enforcement, and if I did, I would call it out and I would push through it, and I wouldn\u2019t tolerate it,\u201d Bouchard said.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, Broad continues to demand that evidence be retested, files digitized and the case given to a dedicated cold case unit.<\/p>\n
But above all, she wants the truth.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know who I want to come forward? I want the cops who worked on this case, who knew or suspected how this investigation got derailed and why. I want them to come forth. It\u2019s on you now,\u201d Broad said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe family and the victims deserve to have an agency that never gives up on them, and we haven\u2019t, and so we won\u2019t,\u201d Bouchard said.<\/p>\n
Michigan State Police and the Oakland County Prosecutor\u2019s Office declined an interview with Local 4 but said the case remains open and that MSP continues to investigate new tips.<\/p>\n
But time is working against them — several family members and original investigators have died, physical evidence has deteriorated and memories have faded.<\/p>\n
During the investigation, Local 4 spoke to many people who played a part in this story over the decades. Some said they are holding on to hope, while others doubt the case will ever be officially solved.<\/p>\n
Anyone with information can reach out to MSP at 1-855-MICH-TIP.<\/p>\n
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