The Michigan Daily,-Thursday, September 10, 1981-Page 9 Even Ann Arbor not immune to violent crime Daily Photo by PAUL ENGSTROM Leo Kelly, Jr., accusedof two campus murders last year, leaves the courtroom following a pre-trial hearing. 2 students kiled at Bursley; By ANN MARIE FAZIO Last April's killing of two University students at Bursley dormitory on North Campus was not, much to the distress of the University community, the only such incident to plague the area during the past year. The previous September, a Univer- sity graduate student was found stal- bed to death outside of her west Ann Arbor apartment. Rebecca Huff, 30, was the third local resident in five mon- ths to die under similar circumstances. THE FIRST MURDER victim, Shirley Small, 17, was found dead on April 20, -1980 near her home in the Georgetown Townhouses, an Ann Ar- bor subdivision. On july 13, the body of Glenda Richmond, 23, was discovered outside the front door of her University Townhouse Apartment, also in Ann Ar- bor. Ann.Arbor Police Chief William Cor- bett said there were several similarities in the murders which lead police to suspect the possibility of one killer. RAPE' IS ANOTHER problem to which the city is not immune, and last summer a special community program was organized to help combat it. The most recent reported rape oc- curred last Julyhwhen an intruder en- tered a home on the city's east side. The victim was reportedly sleeping down- stairs when he entered. The suspect allegedly dragged her upstairs; blin- dfolded her, gagged and tied her up, and then raped her, police said. That incident was the second repor- ted in less than two months in Ann Ar- bor. In May, a University Hospital em- ployee was abducted at gunpoint and raped near hospital property. The victim had reportedly been war- ned by her assailant that she would be killed if she tried to scream for help. She attempted to resist once, police said, and was choked "nearly to uncon- sciousness." AT THE BEGINNING of 1ast Winter term,, a 36-year-old woman was ac- costed in one of the music practice rooms of the Michigan Union. When she was practicing, two men in their late teens entered, pulled a gun on her and told her to remove her clothes. When she refused, the assailants allegedly knocked her down and hit her in the head several times. Later on in the term, a man from Eastern Michigan University was arraigned on charges of arson in con- nection with a rash of trash fires at the University Towers apartment complex on South University and South Forest Avenues. There were 14 minor fires in 19 days at the apartment building, according to one.source who lived in the building. THE SUSPECT, Mehrdad Mohyi, was a resident of the 14th floor of the complex, where most of the fires had been set. Ann Arbor Detective Robert Lavahsler said Mohyi gave police a statement admitting responsibility for the latest fire that had been set, but Lavansler ,did not rule out the possibility that the other fires were set by someone else. A few weeks before the fires, a fight at a Bursley Hall party ended in a gun shot and one arrest for assault with in- tent to commit less than murder and for carrying a concealed weapon. On March 8th, a Bursley security guard discovered 20-year-old Billy Jackson and another man fighting in a second floor bathroom. As the security guard was escorting Jackson out the door, he allegedly pulled out a .32 caliber handgun and fired one shot, before fleeing to his car. POLICE AND security officials agree that the most problems students have is with break-ins, especially during vacation breaks. Ann Arbor Police Sgt. Harold Tinsey said the best way for people to avoid thefts during the breaks is to simply take the usual precautions, making sure the doors and windows are' securely locked. He added that taking home valuables and finding out if a. neighbor can keep an eye on things can help thwart would-be burglars during vacation. "Use common sense," he said. The Ann Arbor police department has a special unit devoted to crime preven- tion. The unit is headed by its sole member, Detective Bernie Price. The idea behind the crimle prevention is,' community awareness. "A lot of crime prevention is just educationg the public," Price said. suspectscompe tent to By ANN MARIE FAZIO Bajko said, he heard two more shots Leo Kelly, charged with the murder then saw two bodies on the floor. of two University students at Bursley . THE PHYSICIAN who performed the Hall last April, has since been found autopsy on McGreaham, Dr. Douglas competent to stand trial by Judge S. J. Siders, testified that McGreaham had a Elden of 15th District Court. This hole in his back "the size of a fist" as a determination was made on the basis of result of the gunshot wound, and that a forensic psychiatric examination his spinal cord had been severed by the Kelly was given at the request of his blast. 'defense attorney, William Waterman. A detective from the state police Kelly allegedly opened fire on his six- crime lab, David Balash, identified the th floor hall the morning of April 17, bullet segment that Siders remove Good Friday, after causing a fire by from McGreaham's body as one tha throwing a Molotov cocktail against the had been fired from Kelly's gun. wall. The shooting left Douglas During the second session of the Mcreaham, 21, of Caspian, and Ed- exam, Ann Arbor police testified tha ward Siwik, 19, of Detroit, dead of gun- they found, among other things, shot wounds. sawed-off shotgun and many container 'ANN ARBOR Police arrested Kelly of shotgun shells in Kelly's dorm room. in his dorm shortly after the 6 a.m. THEY, ALSO found a "military shooting. type" gas mask, a homemade "fac After his competency had been simile of a gun" and a shoulder holster decided last summer, several sessions according to Officer Elbert Barbour of pre-trial examinations were held to one of the arresting officers. determine that;' in fact, a crime had The other arresting officer, Jame been committed, and that there was Stimac, testified that they also found probably reason to believe that the round of .32 automatic ammunition i defendant had committed the crime. the room. He, along with Barbour, sai jTgstimony given at the first session that' the handmade pistol-type gun was by four 'student witnesses' pieced "inoperable," and that its stock wa together the tragic events which led up niade of wood. to the murders. Barbour said he and Stimac arrive LLY APPARENTLY threw a at Bursley at about 6:11 a.m., and wen firebomb down the hall, causing a fire to Kelly's room. They found the doo aid much disorientation in the hall. In locked, and knocked until Kelly aske the, confusion that followed, Kelly what they wanted from inside the room reportedly went into his single room About a minute after police told hir and reappeared in the corridor, that they wanted tp talk to him, Kell wielding a shotgun. Several shots were started to open the door. fie'd, killing McGreaham and Siwik. BARBOUR TESTIFIED that he the . Siwik, who lived only a few doors told Kelly to put both hands on the doo away from Kelly in the dorm, was shot and come out of the room, which he di( in he upper right chest and died shortly after being taken to University Hospital. DOYOI McGreaham, shot in the back, died at near-by St. Joseph Hospital following MI0 AB emergency surgery. He was a residentC MF R A L afvisor in a different wing of the dorm, LOOK T and had gone to investigate the fire. 130TH WERE trying to evacuate If they're Timberland students from the burning hall.hnswssavauiu s Randy Moon, another Bursley RA handsewns have a uniqu who was on the hall at the time of the the shoe to conform to shooting, told reporters, "Doug hit the The uppers are mad floor and I hit the floor. We all assumed leathers. They're sewn w * ai tdie time it was firecrackers." eyelets ae solid brass. A At the pre-trial, Michael Neumann, a ed iras resident of Bursley-6th Douglas, rugged Vibram. testified that he saw Kelly run out of his The result? Handsew room with a "flaming bottle." breaking-in period. ends e s a a t e :e e d t ie t a .s c- r, r, 's a" n d d nt r d n. m y n or d. standtrial The officers entered the room, placed Kelly under arrest for attempted mur- der, handcuffed him and gave him over to other officers to be transferred: Kelly is described as a quiet, in- troverted person by his friends and acquaintances- "a loner," they've said. Other students who lived on Kelly's hail said the husky, 22-year-old was reserved and did not socialize with his hallmates. THE DETROIT native was a mem- ber of the black fraternity Omega Psi Chi, and wears the brand of Omega on his arm. Warren Fudge,,one of his fraternity brothers, said Kelly has not actively participated in the groupa for the past year. Fudge said the shootings might have been spurred by incidents Kelly en- countered a year ago while working in Texas. Fudge said Kelly's apartment in Texas had been firebombed and that he thought people were trying to kill him. Kelly graduated from Detroit's Cass Tech High School in 1977 and was repor- tedly a good student. SIWIK, A Detroit Catholic Central graduate, was described by his mother as "an all-aroundsA-i student who loved life." He was a Phi Beta Kappa arid co- captain of his high school swim team. Freinds and teachers from college and high school agree that Siwik was an agreeable and outgoing student, "a real leader." McGreaham, an honors art student, felt a strong sense of responsibility for his residents, according to his friends. "He never did anything half-way," said John Shapiro, a junior art student. "That's the reason he got shot." rACNE?. The Department of Dermatology, UM Medical School, is try- ing to learn more about acne and its treatment. 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W HE SAID HE then saw Kelly throw the bottle, which hit the floor and then struck him. After it hit the floor, Neumann said, "the whole end of the hall was in flames." A resident director of Bursley, Rebecca Bradley, said she went down the hall with McGreaham and Moon af- tei hearing the alarm. She said she heard two "firecracker" type noises, then saw Siwik lying on the floor with a hole in his upper right chest. ANOTHER SIXTH Douglas resident, Peter Doerr, said he saw Kelly standing in, the hallway holding ,a "sawed-off shotgun" across his chest before any shots were fired. "Thomas Bajko, who also lived on Six- th. Douglas at the time, said he heard tvo sets of shots. He woke up after haring the first set, he said; and saw the fire and smoke down the hall. About two to five minutes later, N. limbedand "° "e. ,..,,,, r T , a .. _ _. i*. ml MAST'S CAMPUS 619 E. Liberty SHOP 662-0266 -- - ANN ARBOR GOLD AND SILVER EXCHANGE 216 S. Fourth Ave. n996-9059 FWAITED I GI - finnBU I I