Showing posts with label Barbara George. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Barbara George. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

MICH. COMIC BOOK KILLER MICHAEL GEORGE GUILTY!

MICHAEL GEORGE is guilty. The accused Comic Book Store Killer was convicted in Macomb County, Michigan yesterday of first-degree murder in the July 13, 1990 death of his wife Barbara who was found shot to death. The largely circumstantial case was sealed by a customer's chance call to the comic book store on the day of the murder. According to The Detroit News: Michael Renaud, a regular customer, claimed George took a phone call at the store just before the slaying July 13, 1990. George's mother, Janet, said he was asleep on her couch at the time.
"Comparing Renaud's timetable with Janet George — the jury spent an awful lot of time on that," said George's

Friday, October 7, 2011

JURY DELIBERATING IN 1990 COMIC STORE HOMICIDE

MICHAEL GEORGE
IT IS a circumstantial that would have even Spider-Man tangled up in knots. A jury in suburban Detroit now has to decide whether aspiring comic book impresario Michael George murdered his overweight wife Barbara in the back of their comic on July 13, 1990. His mom Janet is providing alibi but that doesn't matter much, our moms would too. Her story is contradicted by Michael Renaud, a regular of the family  comic store. The comic fan says Michael picked up the phone at the store just before the murder. On Thursday, the closing arguments took three hours.
 George was convicted at his first trial in 2008. A judge granted a new trial the same year, citing prosecutorial misconduct and potential

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

COMIC BOOK MURDER: DID 'SKINNY MAN' MURDER BABS?

THE DEFENSE has thrown a bombshell witness into the Detroit Comic Book Cold Case murder. Former comic book store owner Michael George, now 51, is on trial for murdering his wife in their suburban comic store in the summer of 1990. George killed his "overweight" wife because he was unhappy in their marriage and wanted the insurance money and his own Wonder Woman. He wanted to open a chain of comic book stores across the country with his loot. The defense contends the murder stemmed from a robbery. And Douglas Kenyon, 15 at the time of the murder, may be their ticket. He told court yesterday he noticed something odd about an "evasive" man standing in

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

WIFE TOO FAT FOR COMIC KILLER MICHAEL GEORGE

ACCUSED comic book killer Michael George and his wife Barbara were constantly at each other's throats, a witness told his murder trial in Detroit. Michael George , 51, is charged with the July 13, 1990 murder of Barbara, found dead inside their comic book shop.
Kim Koliba--who didn't actually know the couple personally--says she overheard at least 30 of the pair's arguments in the summer of 1990. Koliba worked at a nail salon in a strip mall near the comic store owned by the Georges, testified about a July 13, 1990, spat over money between the pair with a tone more disturbing than the

Thursday, September 15, 2011

COMIC BOOK KILLER HAD DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR

MICHAEL GEORGE wanted to be the McDonald's of the comic book world.
Now, 21 years after the murder of his 32-year-old wife Barbara, he is on trial for her slaying in suburban Detroit. She was devoted while he carried on a litany of sexual affairs in a secret love nest. He wanted rid of her prosecutors say. OUR SISTER SITE CRIME SCENE USA HAS MORE