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Martin, Mark Steven 8-31-1981 MI; Hazel Park, Mi. Oakland County
Topic Started: Feb 7 2010, 03:24 PM (390 Views)
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Contact Agency( Trooper Creps of the Michigan State Police , phone #, fax #)


Case # 8204679

Name of missing: Mark Steven Martin AKA: n/a


Sex: M Race: White

Age when missing:2 1/2 years old


Date Missing:August 31, 1981


Birth Date: February 25, 1979


Hair Color: Light Brown Eye Color:Brown

Height: _______ Weight______Est. guess: 2' 8" and 35 - 40lbs


Location last seen ( Hazel Park, MI)

Vehicle last seen in if any: Black Top, Black Bottom 1980 Pontiac Grand Prix


Are Dentals, DNA or Fingerprints available( DNA provided by twin brother June 2009).
Circumstances:
Mark went missing with his Mother Carolyn Sue Martin.

** Pending editing of information, also awaiting photo

Source: Uncle of Mark
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Two families keep search alive for missing daughters
Christine Ferretti / The Detroit News
Madison Heights -- Timothy Martin was watching television last March when he was rocked by an image that flashed on the screen.

It was a 3-D facial reconstruction of a Jane Doe who washed up March 31, 1982, near the Monroe Power Plant on the Lake Erie shoreline. Authorities had just exhumed the body from a Monroe County cemetery, hoping DNA could link her to Kim Larrow, a Canton Township teen who went missing in the summer of 1981.

Tests were pending, but Martin was sure the woman was his twin sister, Carolyn Sue Martin, of Madison Heights, who disappeared with her 2 ½ -year-old son, Mark, seven months before the body washed ashore.

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"I called the police right then," the Redford Township resident recalled. "I said, 'It's my sister.' "

Martin's odds had been good: The age, weight and features all lined up, and both women even had a chip in the same tooth. DNA testing, however, showed neither family was related to the Jane Doe, and the body was returned to its tomb.

The scenario failed to bring closure, but the investigators and relatives tied to these mysteries say they aren't planning to let the cases turn cold again.

"This was the spark that started it again. We want closure, whether she's alive or she's dead," said Martin, 53. "There's not an end to this until we are ended."

Carolyn Martin's family and friends gathered the afternoon of Aug. 31, 1981, to help her pack for an abrupt move to San Antonio. Her fiance, Hamparsoum "Harry" Kirezian, wanted to relocate there for a job at an auto shop.

She was looking forward to a new start with Kirezian -- the two had recently gotten engaged after years of acrimony stemming from Kirezian's refusal to take care of his son, Mark.

Their relationship took a turn for the better that summer. By all accounts, Kirezian appeared to have a change of heart in June, after Macomb County Circuit Court ordered him to pay $30 per week in child support. He and Carolyn reconciled and were looking forward to a new life together.

It was to be a new start for Timothy, too. He was heading to Oklahoma to find work, and he and his sister planned to caravan together.

Carolyn stopped at her mother's Hazel Park home with Mark that evening to say goodbye. She said "plans had changed" and she was going to take a different route to Texas and wouldn't be traveling with Timothy.

That was the last time the family saw her or Mark.

Madison Heights Police started looking into the case the following spring, after the family filed missing person reports.

Kirezian told investigators that Carolyn got out of the car with Mark near Toledo, according to reports obtained by The Detroit News. He told police she had changed her mind and didn't want to go to Texas. He gave her $4,000 and she gave him permission to discard her belongings.

Kirezian told police he had planned to continue to Texas on his own, but turned around when he had car trouble. He told investigators he returned to Michigan shortly after and had not "seen or heard from (Carolyn and Mark) since." Kirezian, who has since changed his name twice, declined a polygraph test.

Records show there wasn't any new information when investigators discussed the case with Martin's family several times between 1985 and 1990.

Madison Heights Police Lt. Robert Anderson said investigators suspect foul play. Kirezian, who is now known as Harry Kzirian, is considered a "person of interest" because he was the last person seen with Carolyn and Mark, Anderson said.

When contacted by The Detroit News, the man police say was formerly known as Kirezian said he did not know the pair.

Over the years, the family conducted its own investigation, which failed to yield any clues.

They visited Kirezian at his home, but he got a court order to keep them away. Hypnosis and psychics didn't help. And alleged sightings of Carolyn -- in a Highland Park bar and a Kentucky grocery story, near where the family previously lived and had friends -- couldn't be verified.

Madison Heights Police hope they will have better luck.

"The unidentified Jane Doe has brought new light to this case in which we will actively investigate," said Anderson, adding that the case has been assigned to a new detective. "Public attention may bring a tip."

The ordeal led to an extensive State Police review of the Martin case, which will soon be featured on the "America's Most Wanted" Web site. Mark has been registered with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and the family is going public with the story of the Madison Heights mother and her toddler for the first time.

'She's not forgotten'
The possibility of a DNA match to Jane Doe last spring was the closest the family came to a possible break in the 28-year-old Larrow case.

The cases emerged within eight months of each other, and police said both women had a similar build, height and hairstyle. The body was also found in Monroe County, where Larrow had ties.

The 15-year-old vanished June 8, 1981. She had just moved from her father's home in Monroe County to stay with her mother in Canton Township. Police say she was last seen visiting a friend at Stroh's Ice Cream Parlor on Sheldon Road.

She failed to show that evening at Haggerty Field in Hines Park, where she was supposed to meet friends.

The case made headlines a couple of years ago after a cousin, Robert Cooper, worked to re-energize the investigation.

Cooper, a former Toledo Police officer, was disheartened when the DNA didn't link the Jane Doe to Larrow. But he believes he's made progress; Internet searches yield more than a dozen missing persons sites with Larrow's information, and her DNA has been logged in the national database that's cross-referenced with unidentified remains.

"I feel like she's not forgotten. That's the biggest victory," Cooper said. "Nobody was looking for her. That changed. That was what I had control of -- I didn't have control of the result."

Death ruled a homicide
Monroe County Sheriff's officials and Michigan State Police are urging people to come forward with any information they may have on Jane Doe, whose death was ruled a homicide.

She was between 20 and 30 and had dark brown hair. She was found wearing a plaid shirt and a had cord around her neck.

Jane Doe was first buried in April 1982, about a month after her description, fingerprints and dental records failed to produce her identity. Police say autopsy photos and the woman's well-preserved features and hairstyle gave them a lot to work with for the reconstruction.

They remain hopeful.

"We got a lot of tips, but all the people have been excluded or didn't meet the time frame except Martin," said Michigan State Police Trooper Sarah Krebs, who did the facial reconstruction. "We'd love another chance."

In the meantime, Martin's family said they will seek to have DNA retested.

Timothy Martin said his family is thankful for Cooper's persistence, and hopes everyone involved will eventually find answers.

"We are asking all angels to join in our quest to find and bring our loved ones home, as well as continuing the efforts to find the family of Jane Doe," he said.

cferretti@detnews.com (586) 468-0343



From The Detroit News: http://detnews.com/article/20100216/METRO0...s#ixzz0fkPv20m0
http://detnews.com/article/20100216/METRO0...ssing-daughters
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Michigan Mother, Son Mysteriously Vanish


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In August 1981, Carolyn Sue Martin and her 2-year-old son, Mark Steven Martin, disappeared. They haven't been heard from since.
Carolyn Sue Martin had a lot to look forward to in life. The 24-year-old mother had recently reunited with her old flame and for the better part of two months in the summer of 1981, they took great care of their precious two-year-old son, Mark.
Carolyn's ex had very little to do with either her or Mark before that point -- until a paternity suit ordered him to pay child support.
In June 1981, when the court order went into effect, cops in Michigan tell AMW that Carolyn’s ex suddenly became a model father to Mark, endowing his young son with toys, clothes and whatever else the boy wanted. As a matter of fact, he reportedly made a complete 180-degree turnaround regarding his feelings toward Carolyn -- promising her the sun, the moon and the stars, as well as a better life in the future.
Shortly after her ex-boyfriend came back into Carolyn's life, cops say he told her he'd gotten a job in Texas, and he wanted her to come with him.
The day of the big move, Carolyn's brother helped load all of her and Mark's belongings into the boyfriend's '79 Pontiac Grand Prix.
But within an hour after they left the metropolitan Detroit area, Carolyn reportedly told her boyfriend she didn't want to go with him to Texas anymore. According to police reports from 1981, he left her and her young son on the side of I-75 with nothing more than a suitcase, $4,000 in cash and the clothes on their backs.
No one has seen or heard from them since.
Authorities now consider both Carolyn and Mark to be legally deceased, and foul play is suspected in their disappearance.


Decades Later, Few Clues Point To Duo's Whereabouts


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Mark Steven Martin was just 2 years old when he disappeared Aug. 31, 1981. He reportedly was dropped off on the side of I-75, just north of Toledo, Ohio, with his mother.
Over the years, a handful of tips came in to police, but they never were able to find Carolyn or Mark Martin.
Carolyn's then-boyfriend cooperated with police in 1981, but the cops initially investigating the case were unable to verify if he was in any way involved with her long-term disappearance. Charges were never filed and the case idled for decades.
In the time that has passed, their names, DOBs and Social Security numbers have never been used.
Authorities now consider both Carolyn and Mark to be legally deceased, and foul play is suspected in their disappearance.
DNA Results Squash Glimmer Of Hope
More than 27 years had passed when the Michigan State Police began re-investigating a 1982 Jane Doe murder case from the metro-Detroit area. That case involved the body of a white woman in her mid-20s who had washed up on the shores of Lake Erie in Monroe County, Mich.
The woman had been strangled to death; the cord still tied securely around her neck when two power plant workers discovered her body. Through the early months of 2009, she had still not been identified.
In March of that year, the FBI exhumed the Lake Erie Jane Doe's body, acting on a tip that she may be a missing woman from nearby Canton Township, Mich. Alas, it was determined through bone analysis and dental records that the two were unrelated.
Within a few weeks of the exhumation, a forensic artist with the Michigan State Police created a 3-D model of the victim's face, hoping the publicity would drum up some leads.
Carolyn's brother, who was one of the last people to see her and Mark alive in 1981, told police he thought the 3-D model's face was similar to that of his sister. Though initially hopeful, cops learned through DNA in late January 2010 that their Jane Doe was not Carolyn Martin.
To this day, the Lake Erie Jane Doe still remains unidentified; her killer is still at-large.
Cops Plead For Public's Help With Stone Cold Case


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With AMW's help, cops hope to reinvigorate the investigation into the bizarre 1981 disappearance of Carolyn and Mark Martin.
As of today, Carolyn and Mark's whereabouts are still entirely unknown. Both the Madison Heights Police Department and the Michigan State Police want nothing more than to bring closure to their family.
They're hopeful that by bringing the national spotlight to this investigation, someone may provide the one crucial tip to heat this cold case back up again.
If you recall seeing Carolyn Sue or Mark Steven Martin anytime on or after Aug. 31, 1981, please call our Hotline right away at 1-800-CRIME-TV.
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