



Wed, Nov 12
|John F. Kennedy, Jr. Library
"Grim Paradise: Cold Case Search for the Mackinac Island Killer"
When the widow Frances Lacey was murdered in July, 1966 on Mackinac Island, only a few meager clues were found by police and the case soon turned cold. But, more than sixty years later will those same clues finally solve the murder?
Time & Location
Nov 12, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
John F. Kennedy, Jr. Library, 24602 Van Born Rd, Dearborn Heights, MI 48125, USA
About the event
When widow Frances Lacey was murdered in July, 1966 on Mackinac Island, only a few meager clues were found by police and the case soon turned cold. But, more than sixty years later will those same clues finally solve the murder? In Grime Paradise: Cold Case Search for the Mackinac Island Killer, true crime author Rod Sadler devolves into the secrets of one of Michigan's most perplexing murder cases. He offers an in-depth and suspenseful account of the long standing murder. He poses the question: Could advance DNA technology lead to the identity of the Mackinac Island murderer? For adults 18 and older.