True Crime: Box Set by Lorrence Williams

Author:Lorrence Williams [Williams, Lorrence]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Biographies & Memoirs, True Crime, Espionage, Politics & Social Sciences, Social Sciences, Criminology, Crime & Criminals
Amazon: B010BUD3HU
Published: 2015-06-22T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 2 - Michael Rosenblum

Valentine ’s Day is supposed to be a joyous celebration for lovers, but in 1980, it was clouded with controversy when a man from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania disappeared.

Michael Rosenblum was not very typical in the sense of youthful exploration. When he was in high school, he tried and experimented with drugs. While other teenage boys would also develop such curiosity, they would still know when to stop and quit it. Michael didn’t. In fact, he became overly attached to illegal drugs. His penchant was taking in heavy pain killers. The addiction was so severe that his parents pushed for him to undergo rehabilitation, which fortunately happened.

Unfortunately, it was unsuccessful.

On the evening of February 13, 1980, Michael’s mother, Barbara, noticed that Michael was acting strangely again. When she investigated, she found a bottle of pain killers in his room. Out of frustration and lack of hope, she kicked Michael out of their family home in Baldwin Borough, Pennsylvania. At that time, Michael was with his girlfriend, Lisa, so they left the house together using Lisa’s car.

They partied hard straight after being kicked out, so the next morning, February 14, when Michael woke up to a massive hangover, Lisa encouraged hospitalization. Upon reaching the hospital, Michael declined any form of treatment, so they simply left the hospital and went to the nearest gas station, to refuel. At the gas station, Michael insisted on borrowing Lisa’s car and driving it. He left Lisa stranded with only a few parting words-- “Go to my parent’s house, I’ll see you there in two hours.”

Well, those were literally Michael’s last words because after leaving Lisa stranded at the gas station, he was never seen again.

The next day, February 15, Barbara and Maurice, Michael’s father, filed a missing persons report at Pittsburgh police. During an interview, Barbara even told about her regret in what she told her son. Apparently, when she kicked him out, she told Michael that he shouldn’t return until the drugs were completely out of his system and his lifestyle.

In her thoughts, perhaps it would have been different if she simply told him to try again and undergo rehab once more. At that time, she thought that her son would return-- his clothes were still in his closet and his money was still intact in his back account. To Barbara, if ever Michael planned on leaving, he would have told his family because that was the way he was. Same with Maurice: during the time, he believed that Michael would come back. After all, he took Lisa’s car and he instructed her to wait at his parent’s house.

Investigation immediately started. The Pittsburgh Police Department started looking for Lisa’s car, after two weeks of trying and there were still no results, Maurice became desperate. He began his own investigation. He printed out posters, offered reward money, and travelled even as far as California. It wasn’t until 3 months later, on May 21, that Baldwin Borough Police Department called Lisa and told her that they found her car in the pound.

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