BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) – Thanks to students in Olivet College’s Criminal Justice program, Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office detectives are reopening a homicide cold case from 1988.
A dead body was found on 29 Mile Road near V Drive South in Homer Township on September 25, 1988. The body was identified in the early 2000s as James William Burton.
Students at Olivet College reviewed this cold case as part of the class curriculum under Professor Phil Reed. After they identified potential leads, Calhoun County detectives reopened the case.
Detectives seek any information related to James William Burton who would have been in the Calhoun County area on or before September of 1988. Burton was born in September 1935 in Bland County, Virginia.
Detectives are seeking any information related to this crime and are working in cooperation with the Michigan State Police.
If you recall this incident or have information, please contact Detectives Jon Pignataro and Dave Homminga at (269) 781-0880.
