Witness Interviews

Initial Interviews

Interview with mailman Thomas Joe Hinkley, who found the bodies. [1958]

Interview with union agitator, Elliot Perch. [1958]

Interview with Elroy Murphy, a school bus driver, who'd had a couple of run-ins with Mr. Izard [1958]

Interview with Harold Bowlan, glove factory owner. [1958]

 

Victim's Neighbors

Interviews were conducted with homeowners living near the Izard home on County Road 106 locally known as Sadler's Hill Road. The initial neighborhood interviews were conducted at the neighbors' homes on the afternoon and into the evening of the Izard murders, Friday, April 11, 1958.

Interview with Lydia Catlett [1958]

Interview with Roland Bland [1958]

Interview with Hannah Waithers [1958]

Interview with Yvonne Hawkins [1958]

 

Interview Summary Reports

Neighboring Areas [1958]

Suspects that were never cleared [1958]

Background Interviews [1958]

Persons that were clearedor provided information [1958]

 

Doris Hammack, Claims to be Izard Child

A woman with a Detroit driver's license showing her name to be Doris Hammack claims to be in actuality LeAnne Izard, one of the missing children from the infamous Izard murders of 1958.

Interview with Huey James, one of Hammack's foster parents [1998]

Interview with Doris Hammack [1998] [Video]

Interview with Nina L. Bardwell, a former social worker in Detroit, Michigan [1998]

 

Follow-Up Interviews

Present day interviews are underway to answer questions raised by web viewers and by the sudden appearance of Doris Hammack.

Interview with Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Warren Jr. The senior Warren was an early suspect [1998]

Interview with Det. Jackson McPhail, the 1958 lead investigator. [1998]

Interview with Elbert Warren Sr, Det. McPhail's key suspect. [1998]

Interview with Beatrice Carmichael, who took care of several children around the time of the murders. [1998]

Interview with Lowell McCaffrey, store manager for Yoknapatawpha Farm Supply Co., where Howard Hadley worked after Bowlan Glove Factory layoffs. [1998]

Interview with Frank Abbott, former employee at the Bowlan Glove factory.[1998]

 

Hammack Connected to Howard Hadley

Phone Tip. Doris Hammack, suspected Izard child, received a phone tip. The caller said she bears a very strong resemblance to the Hadley family.[1998]