MICHIGAN
WOOD
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PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Target 8 investigators have learned that a Christian radio host charged with raping an 11-year-old boy had a rented storage unit full of disturbing items.
According to federal agents, John Balyo, 35, told investigators about the storage unit when he was interviewed on June 20. He gave the agents consent to search the unit, which is located at West River Storage Suites on Samrick Avenue NE in Plainfield Township.
Among the items in the unit was a suitcase that held children’s socks and costumes, duct tape, four pairs of handcuffs, zip ties, rubber gloves, chains and a padlock, authorities said.
In addition, investigators found file folders full of magazine and newspaper articles about missing children, as well as copies of children’s obituaries, authorities said.
A federal source told Target 8 that agents found a bag containing various dismembered body parts from a medical mannequin in the storage unit.
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