JOSHUA MIRACLE - 16 yo - Carleton MI

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office
is investigating what led to a teen’s body being dumped Saturday
morning in Ash-Carleton Park in the Village of Carleton.Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to
the park off Horan St. about 8:39 a.m. Saturday on a report of a body
being dropped off in the park. Deputies found the body of 16-year-old
Joshua Miracle, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

Two subjects in a vehicle were
observed leaving the deceased at the park, according to deputies. The
description of the vehicle was broadcast over the radio and shortly
afterward the suspect vehicle was located and stopped. The two subjects
were detained and transported to the Monroe County jail for
questioning.

No signs of trauma were observed on the body, which was taken to the Wayne County Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy.
The two subjects were being held at the jail on related charges, deputies said.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the sheriff’s office at 243-7070.

Joshua Miracle, a 16-year-old honor student, assured his grandfather that he would return before 10 p.m.
When his grandson didn't return home Friday night, John Alley grew worried. He repeatedly called the teenager's cell phone.
About 8 a.m. Saturday, Mr. Alley said he finally got through on his
grandson's cell phone to hear frantic voices on the other end yelling
at each other.
From the conversation between two male voices, Mr. Alley said, he learned that his grandson was dead.
He said they talked about a drug overdose and dumping Joshua's body because they could be in trouble.
"It went something to the effect: 'We have got to get rid of the body or they will charge us with murder,'•" Mr. Alley recalled.Monroe
County sheriff's deputies responding to a call about suspicious
activity found Joshua about 8:40 a.m. Saturday on a bench in Ash Park
in Carleton in northern Monroe County.
A woman walking through the park called police after she saw two people
remove the body from a sports car and drive off, according to police
reports.
She told investigators that the two appeared nervous and kept telling each other to hurry up, the report said.
Frank Bolinsky, 19, and Justin Mell, 17, who were in a Ford Mustang
that matched the woman's description, were stopped about a mile outside
town on Carleton-Rockwood Road and were arrested a short time later.
According to the police reports, the two teenagers confessed to dumping
Joshua's body in the park after finding the teenager dead in Mr.
Bolinsky's car about 8 a.m.
Mr. Bolinsky of Lincoln Park, Mich., and young Mell of Carle-
ton are each charged with one count of moving a body without a medical examiner's permission.
The teenagers were arraigned yesterday in Monroe County District Court
on the misdemeanor charge, which is punishable by up to a year in jail.
Mr. Bolinsky was released over the weekend from the county jail after
posting a $1,000 surety bond. Judge Mark Braunlich yesterday allowed
for Mr. Mell's release from the facility on a recognizance bond. They
are scheduled to return to court Nov. 25 for a pretrial hearing.
Mr. Alley said his grandson moved in with him about three months ago.
He said Joshua, an "A" student at Downriver High School in Rockwood,
was a typical teenager. "During the time he has been living with me, he
has been a perfect gentleman," his grandfather said.
Mr. Alley said Joshua and Mr. Bolinsky left his home about
4 p.m. to watch a movie in Southgate, Mich.
It was the first time that Joshua had not returned home, his grandfather said.
"I got concerned when he didn't get home Friday night," Mr. Alley said. "I couldn't get [an] answer on his cell phone."
According to the sheriff's report, Mr. Bolinsky and Mr. Mell told
investigators they drove to Southgate, where Joshua bought morphine
pills, and that he later obtained Xanax and methadone pills there.
They told police that after taking the drugs and driving around the
Downriver area, they went to Mr. Mell's home in Carleton, where they
left Joshua inside the car about 1 a.m., the report said.
Mr. Bolinsky and Mr. Mell said they found Joshua dead in the car about 8 a.m.
After the cell phone call, Mr. Alley said he went driving around
Carleton in search of his grandson, and stopped in the park after he
saw police vehicles parked there.
He said deputies told him his grandson had been found in the park.
"It was horrible, " he said.
An investigator at the Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office, where
Joshua's body was taken for an autopsy, said last night the cause of
death has not been determined pending toxicology results.
Jack Simms, an assistant county prosecutor, said Mr. Bolinsky and Mr.
Mell will not face additional charges in Monroe County. However, he
said Wayne County authorities could pursue charges.
"We have no other information that would indicate any other crimes were committed in Monroe County," Mr. Simms said.

Two Mich. teenagers have been charged by police after the body
of their teenage friend was found dead in Monroe's Ash Park early
Saturday.Justin Mell, 17, and Frank Bolinsky,19, have been
charged in the death of Joshua Miracle, 16. His body was dumped at a
Carleton, Mich. park by the teenage boys after Miracle died of a drug
overdose, according to Monroe police.The teens are being held in
the Monroe County jail. Police say the teens are charged with leaving
Miracle's body at the park and have not been directly connected with
his death. According to authorities, Mell and Bolinsky have both
confessed to leaving Miracle's body in the park after finding their
friend unconscious in Bolinsky's car. They dumped the body shortly
after 8:00 a.m. Saturday and were taken into custody by police a short
time later.Each teen been charged with one count of moving a
body without a medical examiner's permission. The misdemeanor charge
carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison.

Two teenagers who allegedly left the body
of a friend in a park after he overdosed on drugs could face up to
a year in prison after entering no-contest pleas.


The Detroit Free Press reports that 19-year-old Frank Bolinsky
of Lincoln Park and 17-year-old Justin Mell of Carleton pleaded no
contest Wednesday to a misdemeanor charge of moving a body without
a medical examiner's permission. They will be sentenced Jan. 19.


The body of 16-year-old Joshua Miracle of Gibraltar was left
Nov. 7 on a bench at Ash Park in Carleton.


Monroe County police say the teens told officers they left
Miracle behind in Bolinsky's car after he took some morphine pills
and other prescription drugs.


When they returned hours later they found him dead and drove his
body to the park.