unsolvedhomicide.com

Agency in Charge

Emmet County Sheriff's Department
Peter A. Wallin, Sheriff

231-439-8904

Assisted by

Michigan State Police
Petoskey Post
G. White-Erickson, Det./Sgt.

Tip/Reward Programs

Silent Observer
1-866-774-2345
1-616-774-2345
Silent Observer will pay a reward of up to $2500. if information received through our tip-line leads to the arrest and binding over of the suspect(s) responsible for these deaths.

CAUTION: Consider the criminal(s) ARMED and DANGEROUS,
do not try to apprehend the criminal(s).

This site is managed by a friend of the Robison family for the purpose of gleaning information which leads to solving the crime.

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Peace.

The Robison family.
Back Row: Gary, Randy, Richard Jr.
Front Row: Shirley, Susan, Richard.
(Southfield-Lathrup Senior High School 1969 Yearbook photo)

Good Hart is near Petoskey,
Michigan. (CNN Photo 1998)

Law enforcement officials at the
1968 crime scene. (Detroit News Photo)

After 35 years, the killer has still not been named. (Detroit News article)

Tuesday, June 24, 2003 marked the 35th anniversary of the tragic Robison murders. On June 24, 1968 all six members of the Richard Robison family were murdered in northern Emmet County. They were found in their cabin north of Petoskey on July 22, 1968. this case is still unsolved.

The Emmet County Sheriff's Department, along with the Emmet County Prosecutor's Office, Michigan Attorney General's office and the Michigan State Police met in Emmet County in early June, 1998. Also at that meeting was a friend of the family and a representative from the Grand Rapids Silent Observer program.

Now five years later, on the 35th anniversary the
Emmet County Sheriff's Department and the Michigan State Police have teamed up to investigate the Robison case. They are aided by the friend of the family, and the tip/reward programs of the Grand Rapids Silent Observer and the Crime Stoppers Alliance of Michigan

The hope is that, the tip/reward programs in combination with the DNA exam and the 35th anniversary, will get the attention of someone who knows who killed the Robison family.

Some foreign hairs were removed from one family member. These hairs will be examined to see if they have some DNA and if there is some DNA, it will be compared to the lead suspect as well as the CODIS DNA samples taken from convicted felons. CODIS is the national Combined DNA Index System database.

It may take until well after the 35th anniversary has passed to know if there is a usable sample of DNA, so it is necessary to publicize the unsolved case now, in the hope that some new information can be gleaned about the unsolved homicides of the Robison family.