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This is a supplemental photo gallery in support of the book THE 'BABY DOLL' SERIAL KILLER: The John Eric Armstrong Homicides by B.R. Bates with Gerald Cliff, PhD.
Monica Johnson
For their encounter, Monica Johnson suggested to her last john a stretch of the I-94 service drive, between Springwells and Lumley, on the north side of the freeway. The west-bound street is short and contains this secluded alley. Police found Monica on the sidewalk in front of the alley. Image by B.R. Bates.
Wendy Jordan
Wendy Jordan, right, and her sister Bonnie. Image courtesy of the family.
Wendy Jordan’s body was dumped in the Rouge River at this bridge on Ann Arbor Trail in Dearborn Heights, shown in a modern photo, just a block or two from where her killer lived. Image by B.R. Bates.
Rose Marie Felt
Snapshots of Rose texted by her brother, Scott, for this book.
Kelly Jean Hood
The girl who loved animals of all kinds, Kelly Jean Hood at age 20-21 with her mother’s dog. Image courtesy of the family.
Kelly’s son Kyle honors her in his memories and on his arm, a visual reminder that he has added to a bit over the years, via Tattoo Addicts in Allen Park, Michigan. Image courtesy of Kyle.
Nicole Young (aka Robin Brown)
One of Nicole Young’s arrest records. Image from Detroit police files.
Lived to Tell: Natasha Olejniczak
Natasha Olejniczak. Image courtesy of Natasha Olejniczak.
Breaking Her Silence: Zelda Jakubowski
A modern shot of where Zelda Jakubowski said her attacker’s Jeep was sitting that night, Vernor Highway facing Clark Avenue, with a gas station beyond and a liquor store across the street.
To Catch a Killer
Armstrong’s Jeep, with “Baby Doll” plate, parked at the bridge in Dearborn Heights where Wendy Jordan was discovered, January 2000. Image: DHPD files.
Polaroid of Armstrong being interviewed at the Dearborn Heights Police Department. Image: DHPD files.
Armstrong’s Jeep was examined at the bridge scene on the night Wendy Jordan was found, then towed to DHPD for a closer look, with officers taking a variety of photos, then towed to the Michigan State Police lab for further processing a couple days later. Images: DHPD files.
A Dearborn Heights PD sketch of the evidence collected the night Wendy Jordan was discovered at the bridge. Image: DHPD files.
Dearborn Heights police search the scene on the night Wendy Jordan’s body was discovered. Image: DHPD files.
Rose Felt amid the brush at the railroad track scene in southwest Detroit, April 2000. Image: DPD files.
The tangle of tree limbs where Kelly Hood lay, with investigators standing on the hill. Image: DPD files.
A DPD officer sketched the railroad track scene that day, assigning letters to areas where numbered groups of items were found. Image: DPD files.
This view of the railroad track scene where the driveway leads up from the parking lot of a nearby building, looking west, showing how the service drive runs along the tracks. Image: DPD files.
An assortment of items found at the scene that day when three of Armstrong’s victims were found at the railroad tracks at Military and John Kronk in southwest Detroit. Image: DPD files.
Part of the evidence collected when three of Armstrong’s victims were found at the railroad tracks at Military and John Kronk in southwest Detroit. Image: DPD files.
Part of the evidence collected when three of Armstrong’s victims were found at the railroad tracks at Military and John Kronk in southwest Detroit. Image: DPD files.
The railroad track scene being processed, looking from the south to the north. Image: DPD files.
A couple Polaroids of Armstrong in police custody. Images: DPD files.
One of the Armstrong’s interrogation records. Image: DPD files.
John Eric Armstrong in custody. Images: DPD files.
Armstrong eats a meal while in custody – a photo that would be entered into evidence at trial to prove he wasn’t being mistreated. Detroit police were dotting all their “i”s and crossing all their “t”s. Image: DPD files.
A DPD evidence tech photographed Armstrong, in particular his interesting tattoos. Images: DPD files.
A handwritten note at the end of one of Armstrong’s confessions to Detroit police. Image: DPD files.
Members of the Violent Crime Task Force, the specialized unit for higher-end crimes that tackled the Armstrong case, in the Detroit Police Headquarters Gym in 2000. Image courtesy of Gerald Cliff.
The Unknown and Unconfirmed
Armstrong’s known victims as listed in the NCIS files, in the order they were killed, including a Virginia murder for which he was not charged. Image: NCIS files.
The Questions of Why
A half-brother John Eric Armstrong has never met: Mike Armstrong, with their father, John Ezra Armstrong. In “The ‘Baby Doll’ Serial Killer,” Mike shares his father’s story and asserts that Eric’s allegations of abuse are false. Image courtesy of Mike Armstrong.
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