Michigan State Police Detective Sgt. Kyle McPhee reopened the case in 2003 and he said he hopes with latest development in technology and social media that somebody will come forward with a crucial piece of evidence that will get the case moving. Osinski’s body was found in a densely wooded area of the Rose Lake conversation area in Clinton County’s Bath Township, which is located northeast of MSU’s campus. State police detectives still are investigating the case and collecting tips, he said.

“We’re kind of backtracking (and) reinterviewing witnesses that are still alive,” said McPhee, the lead investigator in the case. “Because we are dealing with people that were in their 20s, a lot of witnesses have passed away.”

McPhee said that they also are taking a look at similar crimes from that time period, as there were numerous homicides in the same time period as when Osinski was found. Investigators are looking at suspects from the same time to see if there is a link from the methods used during that time to find what could have happened to Osinski.

“With the technology we have today, and specifically with this case, it has never been exposed to modern-day media,” McPhee said. “You couldn’t even do a Google search (on Osinski’s name) until recently.”

There have not been any DNA samples that have been found from the evidence that’s been gathered, but there is still evidence that was moved around to different labs in the 1970s that is trying to be uncovered. McPhee said he hopes to take a look at this evidence and find new leads.

“I think that any type of investigation, no matter how long it takes, would be worth it to bring that person justice,” recent MSU graduate Tyler Trahan said.