Crime at JAMES COUZENS FWY & PICKFORD ST on 04/20/2025 2:49 AM
Type: Other
Date: 04/20/2025 2:49 AM
Description: DISTURBANCE. NEIGHBORHOOD: Tri-Point. Incident #: 202511000705. Disclaimer: This is from the Detroit 911 calls for service. Information subject to change.
Address: JAMES COUZENS FWY & PICKFORD ST, Detroit, MI
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Area Missing Persons
Name
Randall ChildsMissing Age
50Est. Current Age
64Last Seen
Detroit, MI on 06/07/2011Physical Description
Race: Black Ethnicity: African American Gender: Male Hair: Black Eyes: Black Height: 5' 9" Weight: 140 - 150 lbsCase Number
MP14764Area Cold Cases
Name
Gail WebsterAge
25Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Gail was alone in her apartment in the 2900 block of dorchester when she was attacked and beaten to death by an unknown person or persons.Gail’s 25 year old daughter discovered her mother’s lifeless body in the apartment they shared. Troy police and paramedics responded, but there was nothing that could be done. That’s when the investigation that’s spanned four decades began.There were no signs of forced entry, nothing taken from the home and no obvious signs of sexual assault. Gail was bludgeoned in the head with an unknown “blunt object.”the 1978 investigation focused on the men in gail’s life, her then boyfriend, a former boyfriend and her ex-husband. There was no known motive for any of these individuals to kill gail and they were all cleared via polygraph or other means.Gail was described by all interviewed as a friendly and well-liked woman. She was a manager at detroit area landmark susie-q’s, formerly located near woodward and 13 mile road. Gail had no history of involvement in any type of criminal or illicit activity.A suspicious incident occurred prior to the murder, on october 2, 1978. Gail’s 25 year old daughter terry went to piper’s alley, a hotspot previously located at 3250 w. Big beaver. Terry lived with gail, and her apartment keys were stolen from her car while she was in the bar. Later that evening, while terry was still out, an unknown individual was heard by gail jostling her apartment door handle. Gail yelled out to the individual and he or she fled. No person or vehicle was seen.Terry spotted a suspicious vehicle, occupied by two white males, 20 to 25 years old, in the parking lot of piper’s alley on the night the keys were stolen. The vehicle was described as a 1968 to 1970 pontiac tempest or chevy, beat up and rusted, blue/green in color. Terry saw on the morning of the murder saw what she thought was the same vehicle on dorchester near coolidge. The driver of that vehicle had blond hair.Agency
Troy PD