John Norman Collins

• 07/31/1969 Was arrested for the murder of Karen Sue Beineman
• 06/30/1970 23 Trial began in Washtenaw County, Michigan. Witness selection took 2 weeks. Was only tried for the murder of Karen Beineman because it was the only one that they had physical evidence. His mother fired his first lawyer Richard Ryan, because Ryan had doubts about Collins. She then hired Joseph Louisell and his partner Neil Fink.
• was convicted of murder and got life in prison with no possibilities of parole

• He discovered his pregnant sister with another man, beat the man unconscious, and then hit his sister until she bled, calling her a tramp as he did so.

Education..

• 18 Graduated high school. He was an honor student, tri-captain of the football team, president of the C-club, and star pitcher of the baseball team. He dated regularly, and the girls he dated said he was angry most of the time and sexually aggressive.
• Enrolled at Eastern Michigan University, where he studied education, and was in the Theta Chi fraternity. He was later kicked out of the fraternity on suspicion of stealing.

• 06/09/1969 The body of Alice Kalom (WF, 23) was found by 3 teenage boys in an abandoned farmhouse. shot in the head, raped and her throat was cut. she was 23
• 07/13/1969 17 year-old Roxie Phillips was found in Pescadero Canyon by two boys who were looking for fossils. she was badly decomposed, nude,and a belt was tightly wrapped around her neck
• Karen Sue Beineman (WF, 18) was found by a doctor and his wife in a wooded gully. She had been raped, beaten, strangled, and her panties were stuffed into her mouth.

sighted page

• http://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Collins,%20John%20_fall,%202007_.pdf
• www.google.com

Missing people:

• 07/09/1967 Mary Fleszar (WF, 19) is reported missing. stabbed in a frenxie attack about 30 to 40 times she was 19
• January, 1968 20 The body of 13 year-old Eileen Adams was found just south of Ypsilanti.raped, strangled with an electrical cord and beaten with a hamme. her bra was tied around her neck and a 3 inch nail was hammered into her skull
• 06/30/1968 Joan Schell (WF, 20) is last seen.
• 07/07/1968 The body of 20 year-old Joan Schell was found in a construction site in Ypsilanti. raped and stabbed to death 20 times she was 20

• 1980’s He changed his last name back to Chapman, his mother’s maiden name, and applied to be transferred to Canadian prison. The request was denied.
• 01/08/2012 64 Still alive in Marquette Branch Prison, Michigan

John Norman Collins

Ypsilanti Ripper

Born on June 17, 1947

Number of victims Suspected of 8, convicted of 1

Childhood Life

• Soon after birth Father deserted him and his mother. Shortly after she remarried, but that, marriage only lasted a year. Both husbands were abusive to her and the children and were alcoholics.
• His stepfather once threw him across the car at his mother. On another occasion, his stepfather used him as a shield when he was confronted by another man with a gun.
• Moved from Canada to Detroit with his mom. She then married WilliamCollins, who adopted all 3 children. He also was a violent alcoholic. That marriage ended in 1956.

• 3/21/1996 The body of 13 year-old Jane Louise Mixer was found near the Ypsilanti cemetery. She had been reported missing earlier that day. she was raped beaten and stabbed. she was 13
• 03/25/1969 A construction worker finds the body of Maralynn Skelton in the same construction site where the body of Joan Schell had been discovered. She had gone missing 4 days earlier. she had been raped, beaten, stabbed,and a branch was jammed into her vagina
• 3/25/1969The body of 13 year-old Dawn Basom, was found along side a country road in Ypsilanti. she was raped, strangled with an electrical cord and her breasts were cut off. she was 13