Timothy King

Timothy King was an 11-year-old boy identified as the fourth victim in the Oakland County Child Killer case during the mid-1970s in Michigan. He resided in the Birmingham, Michigan area of Oakland County, Michigan alongside other victims including 12-year-old Mark Stebbins abducted on February 15, 1976, and found bound, sexually abused, and suffocated four days later in a parking lot; 12-year-old Jill Robinson abducted on December 22, 1976, and found shot in a highway ditch four days later; and 10-year-old Kristine Mihelich missing from January 2, 1977, and found suffocated roadside.

Investigations into these murders formed a special task force and linked the crimes to pedophile rings involving figures such as Christopher Busch and Gregory Greene, with Gregory Greene arrested in January 1977 for assaulting boys and implicating Christopher Busch in related killings, while Christopher Busch, son of a General Motors executive, possessed child pornography films depicting bound boys in wooded areas. During the OCCK cold case investigation, informant Richard Lawson claimed Timothy King was killed in a snuff film financed by Francis Shelden, a detail verified through connections to an Amsterdam-based child pornography investigation in 1993 involving Shelden and British national King Tam Ang.¹

Abduction and Discovery

Timothy King went missing on March 16, 1977, after visiting a drug store down the street from his home where his family lived a few blocks away in the neighborhood. His body was discovered six days later on March 22, 1977, in a ditch, having been sexually abused with a foreign object and his cause of death determined to be suffocation. The body was posed with legs crossed while wearing a red jacket, aligning with patterns in the Oakland County Child Killer series where victims were dumped roadside in public view, though differing from Jill Robinson's shooting without sexual assault evidence. This abduction prompted inclusion in the broader task force investigation alongside the other victims, with tips suggesting protection by powerful entities such as General Motors executives connected to Christopher Busch.¹