On April 15, 1984, 36-year-old Robert Baranski accepted a ride from an acquaintance, Richard Clarey, and was shot inside the vehicle. Clarey disposed of Baranski’s body in a lake near South Haven; Baranski’s remains washed ashore about a month later on a beach in southwestern Michigan, converting a missing-person case into a homicide investigation.

The investigation identified Richard Clarey, who was arrested and confessed to Baranski’s killing. At trial Clarey pleaded guilty in the Baranski case while asserting diminished capacity, a plea that produced another life sentence. An appeal of two of Clarey’s murder convictions was later rejected.

Does anyone have memories of Baranski or information about the April 1984 disappearance that could help fill gaps in the timeline?