John "Johnny" Ingram Brandenburg
February 14, 1964 - April 27, 2021*
*(summer 1983)
It's a strange and sad coincidence that he's from Gray, a tiny place just off US-25E in Knox County, Kentucky. He was very far from there when he was murdered in 1983. He remained unknown for decades until he was recently identified.
Espy Regina Black Pilgrim was found deceased in a discarded refrigerator along the road near Gray in 4/1985. She'd been seen looking for a ride at a truck stop in nearby London shortly before her murder. This was far from her home in Rutherford County, NC, and she was not identified until 2018.
So there's a tiny town (if Gray even qualifies as a town) in rural Kentucky that has ties to two unrelated murders of unidentified victims. The two murder victims both remained nameless for decades. Totally unrelated, but the were in the same situation for so many years.
Does anybody know anything about this guy's murder? (like how he came into contact with Eyler, was he ever reported missing, etc.)
I just know that he was a young guy that was born in eastern Kentucky and had moved to Chicago...