The first video I saw on this mystery was posted on YouTube. It was filmed at a abandoned site where there are flowers and crosses with a man's name on it.
The local news station WNEM did a story on it but never aired the second part of the story series. From their first segment:
"After combing the area for clues, we did our own digging starting with public records. It turns out William A. Miller sold the property to General Motors back in 1966.
According to records obtained by TV5, a few days later Miller was found shot dead on his property.
A news article written by the Saginaw News, dated March 26, 1966 states the Saginaw County prosecutor's office ordered an autopsy after learning Miller received a $30,000 check for the sale of his property."
Read more: http://www.wnem.com/story/30857000/50-years-after-mans-mysterious-death-memorial-crops-up#ixzz44dKjWuXq
I have read that Mr. Millers death was ruled a suicide but I don't know if that was after or before the autopsy and any investigation. Was there an investigation? What happened to the $30.000? Who is it that has left the memorial type items at the location?
I got hooked on this story when I first saw it last year and am still wondering what more is there to this story. I tried looking online to find a little more information on this man and his life. I couldn't find any information about his death, just a little about his family history.
William A. Miller was born in Saginaw County on May 24th, 1910 to Louis and Frieda Miller. His father Louis passed in 1912 and it appears the family may have stayed on their farm that was located in the area called Crow Island. The 1920 and 1930 census records list their address as Crow Island Road. In the 1940 census Williams address is listed as N. 23rd Street. His mother Frieda passed in 1932 and her address is listed as N 23rd Street at the time of her death. His parents are buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery. His mother's cause of death was listed Brights Disease, nowadays it is known as a form of Kidney Disease. His father Louis's cause of death is listed as Drowning/Suicide.
William was the youngest of 12 children. His last sibling passed in 1995. In 1937 William married a woman named Bernice. In the 1940 census William and Bernice had one son born in about 1938. They possibly had more children. His wife passed in 1954 and is buried with her family at a cemetery in Hemlock, MI. It appears that William was cremated. I have not been able to find out if his ashes were buried or perhaps they were spread at the site where the memorials are, where William died and on what appears to be the old family farm. I assume it is family members that have left the flowers at the site. I have great respect for cemeteries and I hope that anyone that may come across this site treat it with the proper reverence. Hopefully WNEM will finish the story because I would love to know more about this man, his life, his death, and the memorials left behind.
If you are looking for more Saginaw mysteries there is always the Haunted Saginaw group. They have a Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/Haunted-Saginaw-145834202275422
and a website - http://www.hauntedsaginaw.com/
If I come across any more strange tales or mysteries from Saginaw I will share them on this blog.
