Van Dusens News Today

Abe Rubinfeld didn't exorcise the rumored ghost at the Van Dusen mansion, but he did make it disappear.All it took was fixing the steam trap in the 1922 home in the Palmer Woods neighborhood of Detroit. The steam heat made a lot of noise, he said, and sounded like somebody was walking across the…

Weapon that investigators had been looking for. >> one was inoperable. the other 9 millimeter handgun was test-fired into a tank of water. that bullet was microscopically compared to the 9 millimeter slug found in the van dusens jeep. analyst erica henderson carefully examined the distinctive marks called lands and grooves made when each bullet goes through the barrel of the gun. >> when you look down the barrel of a firearm, you will see the ridges and valleys. these ridges and valleys, once a ...

And i said "did they have an accident?" and i said "are you sure?" several times, i asked him if he were sure. and then he told me that they had been found and that they had been murdered. and i just -- i dont even remember after that. >> investigators had two crime scenes, the jeep and the area where the bodies were found. based on the evidence and the location of the bodies, investigators think that the killer was someone the van dusens knew. >> we felt that there probably was a third party in...

Delivered the car, but deparvine didnt have the money. so he asked the van dusens to follow him to his friends home to get the money. phone records indicate karla called her mother at 6:37 to say she was driving behind the man who bought their truck. although no one knows why, they apparently left the pickup truck at the one location, and all three got into the jeep on their way to get the money. as deparvine led the van dusens to the deserted road, they may have realized that there was no frien...

The jeep and shot him. he shot karla through the windshield. the bullet passed through her left hand as she tried to protect herself. then deparvine cut karlas seatbelt to remove her body from the jeep. and in doing so, accidentally cut his hand. his blood dripped onto the steering wheel as he drove the jeep back to the pickup truck. before he abandoned the jeep, he planted henry sullivans drivers license, which he may have stolen since sullivan lived in the same apartment building as he did. to...

His apartment. he said he paid them $6,500 for it. and when they left, he never saw them again. most of deparvines story could be corroborated, but there were several discrepancies. >> whats he doing with a bill of sale for $6,500 when van dusen is telling a coworker the day before hes found a buyer for $13,500? that just tells us theres something not right here. >> deparvine said the van dusens left his apartment around 5:30. but karla van dusen called her mother at 6:37 p.m. with information t...

The jeep and shot him. he shot karla through the windshield. the bullet passed through her left hand as she tried to protect herself. then deparvine cut karlas seat belt to remove her body from the jeep. and in doing so, accidentally cut his hand. his blood dripped on to the steering wheel as he drove the jeep back to the pickup truck. before he abandoned the jeep, he planted henry sullivans drivers license, which he may have stolen since sullivan lived in the same apartment building as he did. ...

The van dusens abandoned jeep, and insisted he was innocent. >> sullivan said, you know, i lose my i.d.s all the time. in fact, i just lost one a couple of weeks before you came to interview me. >> the drivers license was dusted for fingerprints. none were found. police also looked for fingerprints inside the van dusens jeep, especially on the seat belt. >> after having applied ninhydrin to the seat belt and allowing it to dry completely, i reexamined the seat belt for the presence of fingerprin...

That. they say the van dusens delivered the car, but deparvine didnt have the money. so he asked the van dusens to follow him to his friends home to get the money. phone records indicate karla called her mother at 6:37 to say she was driving behind the man who bought their truck. although no one knows why, they apparently left the pickup truck at the one location, and all three got into the jeep on their way to get the money. as deparvine led the van dusens to the deserted road, they may have re...

>> my son, he said, "theyre dead." and i said "did they have an accident?" and i said "are you sure?" several times, i asked him, "are you sure?" and then he told me that they had been found and that they had been murdered. and i just -- i dont even remember after that. >> investigators had two crime scenes, the jeep and the area where the bodies were found. based on the evidence and the location of the bodies, investigators think that the killer was someone the van dusens knew. >> we felt that ...