Published In:
Ann Arbor News, September 17, 1956
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MAN FOUND MURDERED: Dell Cain, 36, of 610 S. Huron St., Ypsilanti, was found at 11:20 a.m. yesterday, dead from a knife wound inflicted by an unidentified person in Willow Village about nine hours earlier. Undersheriff Charles W. Shaw (right) and Detective Lt. Melvin C. Fuller here examine Cain's body, which was found lying beside his car in a vacant field off MacArthur Blvd. in Willow Village. Officers theorized Cain, dying from loss of blood, passed out while driving on MacArthur. The vehicle hit a large stone in the field, and the impact apparently threw the stabbing victim from the car. An Ypsilanti man is being sought for questioning in connection with the case, Fuller said.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, July 29, 1954
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Washtenaw county vice squad officers examine some of the more than 200 pounds of marijuana plants confiscated yesterday. The plants, found growing wild on two farms within a 15-mile radius of Ann Arbor, were trucked to the Willow Village Sheriff's branch office and burned. Officers estimated yesterday's haul, when converted into cigarets and sold on the illegal markets would have a retail value of some $110,000. Checking their find (left to right) are Assistant Ypsilanti Police Chief William F. Reiman, and Detective Sgts. Clair B. Oltersdorf, Ray H. Walton and Melvin C. Fuller. Walton is an Ypsilanti officer, and Oltersdorf and Fuller, Sheriff's Department men.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, December 29, 1956
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Young Deputies and Search: Twenty-two members of the Willow Village Junior Deputy League searched parking areas at Willow Run Airport for two hours today in another unsuccessful attempt to recover a pipe believed used to murder a 41-year-old Port Huron man Sunday night. Here four young deputies peer under cars in one of three parking lots west of the airport terminal. The boys were accompanied by state police Detective Marvin O. Krans, who is heading the investigation; sheriff's Detective Lt. Melvin C. Fuller; Deputy J. Leroy Tice and Lester M. (Let) Philbin, director of the JD League.