Flint is well known for its modern violent crimes but Flint's history is filled with little known stories that read stranger than fiction. Gruesome murders, weird accidents, and violent deaths. Join us every Thursday as Joe Schipani details some of the odd but true deaths he found in Flint's archives.
The
Gas Station Body November
12th, 1931
Shortly after one in the morning
on November 12, 1931, patrolman Fred Maschino drove by a gas station on DuPont
Street and noticed something lying on the ground in front of the side door
between the buildings.
Frank Miller’s gas station
consisted of two building, the first was the gas station itself and the other
was for storage.
Patrolman Maschino pulled into
the gas station and discovered the object on the ground was the dead body of
Frank Miller. Just a couple feet away from him, pointing in the opposite
direction, was the revolver that shot him.
The patrolman called into the
station and requested that the coroner retrieve the body.
Detectives Bloomfield and Martin
quickly arrived on the scene. The two men searched the body and found the day’s
receipts and cash in his pocket. They noted that none of the money was missing.
They investigated the area further and found the register and everything else seemed
to be in place. They ruled out a robbery.
It had been raining that evening
so one of the theories was that Frank Miller tripped in the rain, dropped the
gun, and it fired when it hit the ground. The other theory was that someone
approached him to rob him. He put up a fight, they shot him, got scared and ran
off before taking the money. Due to the rain, the police could not find any
evidence to support either claim. The coroner’s report offered no help. It
showed that either situation could have happened. Frank’s death was ruled
accidental due to lack of evidence to support a crime.
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