Three Oaks man bound over
Published 10:57 am Monday, March 27, 2006
By Staff
LANSING - Attorney General Mike Cox March 24 announced that Three Oaks resident Robert Michael Lynch, 66, has been bound over for trial by Judge Bradley Knoll, 58th District Court in Ottawa County, for the brutal 1979 death of Hope College student Janet Chandler.
Lynch will face trial on first-degree murder charges issued jointly by Cox and Ottawa County Prosecuting Attorney Ronald Frantz.
This cold case homicide was solved by an investigative team comprised of both Michigan State Police and Holland police detectives.
The court heard testimony that in 1979, Lynch was employed as a security guard on assignment at a local labor strike.
Lynch temporarily lived at the Blue Mill Inn along with many other fellow guards.