COMIC BOOK MURDER: DID 'SKINNY MAN' MURDER BABS?

THE DEFENSE has thrown a bombshell witness into the Detroit Comic Book Cold Case murder. Former comic book store owner Michael George, now 51, is on trial for murdering his wife in their suburban comic store in the summer of 1990. George killed his "overweight" wife because he was unhappy in their marriage and wanted the insurance money and his own Wonder Woman. He wanted to open a chain of comic book stores across the country with his loot. The defense contends the murder stemmed from a robbery. And Douglas Kenyon, 15 at the time of the murder, may be their ticket. He told court yesterday he noticed something odd about an "evasive" man standing in
the back corner of comic book store the day Barbara George was murdered. The guy had a "skinny build" wearing jeans, a hoodie and baseball cap — odd attire for the 90-degree day.
He said: "He was all the way in the back corner, as if he didn't want anyone to see him. He kept looking over his shoulders even as we were leaving the store."
Barbara George, rang up Kenyon's purchase and he left. Within 30 minutes George was dead with a bullet in her head in the backroom. MORE IN THE DETROIT NEWS

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WIFE TOO FAT FOR COMIC KILLER MICHAEL GEORGE

ACCUSED comic book killer Michael George and his wife Barbara were constantly at each other's throats, a witness told his murder trial in Detroit. Michael George , 51, is charged with the July 13, 1990 murder of Barbara, found dead inside their comic book shop.
Kim Koliba--who didn't actually know the couple personally--says she overheard at least 30 of the pair's arguments in the summer of 1990. Koliba worked at a nail salon in a strip mall near the comic store owned by the Georges, testified about a July 13, 1990, spat over money between the pair with a tone more disturbing than the
rest.She said: "The argument that day was a different-than-normal argument. It was much louder. He was much angrier. It seemed more violent."Four hours later Barbara was dead with a bullet in her brain. George was convicted in 2008. A judge granted a new trial later that year, citing prosecutorial misconduct and potential new evidence.The motive: money, she was overweight and he was having an affair--with one of their employees.


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COMIC BOOK KILLER HAD DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR

MICHAEL GEORGE wanted to be the McDonald's of the comic book world.
Now, 21 years after the murder of his 32-year-old wife Barbara, he is on trial for her slaying in suburban Detroit. She was devoted while he carried on a litany of sexual affairs in a secret love nest. He wanted rid of her prosecutors say. OUR SISTER SITE CRIME SCENE USA HAS MORE

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COPS SEEK OAKLAND COUNTY CHILD KILLER, OTHERS

PROSECUTORS and cops in Oakland County, Michigan have enjoyed some recent success in closing cold cases. But dozens of case remain open, according to the Detroit Free Press. Among them:
OAKLAND COUNTY CHILD KILLER: Four children were killed between 1976 and 1977 and cops believe they are connected. The victims of the Oakland County Child Killer were Mark Stebbins, 12, of Ferndale; Jill Robinson, 12, of Royal Oak; Kristine Mihelich, 10, of Berkley, and Timothy King, 11, of Birmingham. A felon from Kalamazoo is under investigation because his DNA is similar to that taken from a hair found on Mihelich's body.

* Kenneth Kanehl, 39, and Pamela Barnes, 41, were found shot to death in a home on Brunswick in Waterford in July 2005.
* Mildred Siebert, 46, was stabbed several times on the driveway of her West Bloomfield home in 2002. Police have a pendant they say they believe the killer lost during the attack. The probe remains active.
• Kristi Frontera, 31, disappeared on a snowy night in March 1993 while visiting a home. One of the men who had been at the hometold cops a second man, who lived there, had smothered or strangled Frontera in the basement. He said the two of them threw her body in the Detroit River. Her skull was found by divers and detectives believe the killer is doing time in a federal pen.
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