I grew up near this event. I was also a very young lad when it happened. I specifically remembered how terrified the community got. Kids would walk to school in packs of 10-20 with numerous adults. One of my neighbors walked a bunch of us to school with a shotgun. Nobody said a word about it.

When that last boy was murdered, the whole county about went ape chit.

It was terrifying. I believe there were around 500 police officers dedicated to the case.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland_County_Child_Killer

"...aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one." - Paul to the church in Thessalonica.