Fifth in a series. See links to all stories and reports at the bottom.Now 62 years old, Phillip Lippert – who at age 17 was the youngest inmate in Michigan’s largest prison – remains behind bars 45 years after his former volunteer wrestling coach killed Alonzo Hart Jr.Next month, Lippert faces a public hearing before […]
First in a series.READ MORE: This is one of nine parts in a series looking at the crime, the punishment and the unanswered questions. Part 1: A mix for murder in Ithaca – a wife, a teen lover and a wrestling coach Part 2: A murder and three arrests Part 3: Among first to arrive, […]
One spring evening last year, at dusk on the shores of Lake Charlevoix, after making sure no one was watching, Phillip Lippert jumped with childlike abandon on a trampoline.Maybe nothing summarizes Lippert’s past year more than that.You don’t do that in prison.‘Man, and this may sound obvious because that’s the point, but that thing is […]