SAY THAT THE PLAN PUTS PENSION FUNDS AT GREATER RISK IN THE LONG RUN.
>> IT WAS FIVE YEARS AGO. KEVIN
GRAVES LEFT FOR ROTHBURY,
MICHIGAN TO ATTEND THE ELECTRIC
FOREST FESTIVAL. KEVIN NEVER
CAME HOME FROM THAT FESTIVAL,
AND TODAY HIS FAMILY IS STILL
ASKING QUESTIONS AND TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM.
THIS MORNING I’M JOINED BY
KEVIN’S FATHER, GARY, WHO IS
HERE TO KIND OF DISCUSS THE
LATEST IN THE CASE. AND GARY,
FIRST OF ALL, THANKS FOR BEING
HERE TO TALK ABOUT IT. I KNOW
THAT THIS YEARS EVENT JUST
WRAPPED UP AND YOU ACTUALLY TOOK
OUT A BILLBOARD, CORRECT. THIS
YEAR TO TRY AND GET MORE
ATTENTION. DID DID YOU GET ANY
FEEDBACK YET FROM THAT?
>> WELL, WE HAVEN’T HEARD
NOTHING BACK YET FROM IT. I
MEAN, WE’VE STARTED A LOT OF
PROBLEMS BECAUSE THE CEO FROM
ELECTRIC FOREST OUT, HE CALLED
ME AND STARTED APOLOGIZING
BECAUSE WE GOT ASKED TO LEAVE
LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE UP THERE.
AND YOU’RE JUST LOOKING FOR
ANSWERS.
>> YOU’RE TRYING TO FIND OUT
WHAT HAPPENED.
>> YEAH, WE’RE JUST LOOKING FOR
ANSWERS. AND WE WERE PASSING OUT
FLIERS AT THEIR GATE AND WE WERE
ON THEIR PROPERTY AND THEY SENT
THE STATE POLICE OUT THERE
INSTEAD OF US, THE PEOPLE FROM
THE FOREST ARE COMING OVER TO
SEE US AT AND JUST ASK US IF WE
WOULD MIND LEAVING BECAUSE WE’RE
HURTING THERE. YEAH HURTING
THEIR FESTIVAL. THEIR FESTIVAL,
RIGHT.
>> LIKE I SAID, YOU’RE STILL
LOOKING FOR JUSTICE. I WANT TO
TALK ABOUT THE POLICE ASPECT OF
THIS AND WHERE THE CASE STANDS
IN A SECOND. BUT FIRST, JUST
REMIND PEOPLE WHAT HAPPENED TO
KEVIN. HE WAS HE MADE IT TO THE
FESTIVAL.
>> OH, YEAH. HE MADE IT THERE.
HE HAD CALLED US THAT. HE WAS
HAVING A GOOD TIME. THEY WERE
DOING A LOT OF FUN THINGS. AND
HE JUST SAID IT WAS A BALL THAT
WAS MORE THAN WHAT HE EXPECTED.
>> AND HE WAS WITH HIS
GIRLFRIEND, BUT THEY GOT
SEPARATED AT SOME POINT AND THEN
HE WAS NEVER SEEN AGAIN.
>> THEY GOT IN AN ARGUMENT OVER
SOMETHING SHE SAID AND SHE SAID
HE WALKED OFF AND THEY NEVER
FOUND HIM. AND NOW HE’S FROM.
>> THEY HE LIVED IN HIGHLAND
TOWNSHIP, WHICH IS OAKLAND
COUNTY. BUT THIS OBVIOUSLY,
WHATEVER HAPPENED HAPPENED OVER
ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE STATE,
CORRECT?
>> WEST SIDE OF STATE.
>> OAKLAND COUNTY SHERIFF HAS
HANDLING IT. WHAT WHAT ARE THEY
SAYING? FIRST OF ALL, DO YOU
KNOW WHY THEY’RE HANDLING IT?
WHY NOT THE STATE POLICE AND
WHAT’S THE LATEST ON THE CASE?
>> WELL, THAT’S WHAT WE’D LIKE
TO FIND OUT BECAUSE AS THE WE
WENT TO A MEET AND GREET WITH
THE OAKLAND COUNTY SHERIFF,
BOUCHARD AND HE TOOK AND HE
SAYS, WHY DO MY MEN HAVE THIS
CASE IN THE FIRST PLACE?
>> SO IT SHOULD BE A STATE
POLICE CASE.
>> AND YEAH, AND HE SAYS I DON’T
UNDERSTAND THIS. AND WE SAID,
WELL, NEITHER DO WE. WE’RE
TRYING TO FIND OUT WHY IT CAN’T
GET TURNED OVER TO THE STATE
POLICE. AND WE WERE UNDER THE
UNDERSTANDING THEY WERE GOING TO
TURN IT OVER AS STATE POLICE
TAKE IT OVER.
>> YEAH. WHAT’S THE MESSAGE?
WHAT WOULD YOU IF SOMEBODY OUT
THERE THAT’S WATCHING RIGHT NOW
KNOWS SOMETHING OR MIGHT HAVE AN
IDEA OF WHAT HAPPENED AND WHO
SHOULD THEY CALL NOW?
>> WELL, THEY COULD. OAKLAND
COUNTY SHERIFF CALL THE OAKLAND
COUNTY SHERIFF. BUT IF THEY
WANT, THEY CAN CALL THE STATE
POLICE BECAUSE STATE POLICE
STILL WILL TAKE ANY INFORMATION
THAT COMES INTO THEM, BECAUSE
THEY SAID THEY LOOK INTO
WHATEVER COMES IN AND THEN THEY
WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE OAKLAND
COUNTY.
>> I HAVE ONLY GOT A FEW
SECONDS, GARY, BUT WHAT’S YOUR
WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENED TO
YOUR SON?
>> WHAT WE THINK BACK, HE MIGHT
HAVE GOT IN TROUBLE WITH
SOMEBODY, MIGHT GOT A FIGHT OR
SOMETHING. HE MIGHT HAVE GOT ON
SOMEBODY ELSE’S VEHICLE AND LEFT
WITH HIM. WE DON’T REALLY KNOW
WHERE. THAT’S THE WHOLE PUZZLE
OF THE WHOLE THING.
>> BUT OBVIOUSLY, YOU’RE HOLDING
OUT HOPE THAT HE’S STILL OUT
THERE. HE’S STILL ALIVE.
>> YEAH. THEY NEVER DID A PHONE
PINGING OR ANYTHING TO FIND OUT
ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
>> GARY, THANK YOU FOR TALKING
ABOUT IT WITH US THIS MORNING.
WE APPRECIATE IT. AND WE HOPE
THIS GARNERS SOME SOME ATTENTION
TO IT. IF YOU DO KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT THIS CASE, CALL THE
OAKLAND COUNTY SHERIFF’S