Wow that’s an amazing resemblance
I am not getting that same vibe at all. There was a case of a serial killer whom I can't remember, but he was shot in August of 1973, and there is a picture of a young man handcuffed to a bed who's hair looked EACTLY like Dermot's. I got chills looking at that photo. Someone can maybe help with this information, I don't think that it is Dermot. And I think that the youth in the photo remains UID.
I can say with 100% certainty that Dermot was not a Gacy victim. Dermot left an ultra-conservative homelike, run by an abusive and hot-tempered gun-ho military father, because as a free-spirited, philosopher, Hippie-Movement follower, likely anti-war activist, and liberal thinker, his views constantly clashed with his domineering father.
I believe that the "Medical Treatment" that Dermot received in Chicago, ninety miles from Oglesby, was
"Corrective Conforming Behavior" at his father's demands. These kids were often given drugs or shock treatments to conform to a parent's way of thinking. Look up "Mind Control Behavior" It was very controversial.
This broke Dermot down to the point of no return. He said his goodbyes in saying
"I intend to make a new life on my own and do it completely on my own." to distance himself from the family. Mentioning going out to do target shooting, was a ploy so that he could not be followed. Not that his Dad would care. Dermot was a rebel to him anyway.
I believe that to find peace, Dermot choose to commit suicide and to kill himself at the river so that his body would not be found, by taking off his clothes to reduce the weight from his jacket and boots. He walked out to the river bank, took off his jacket and boots. (To get a clear shot to his heart.) He shot himself in the chest, pushing himself into the water after he fired, as the gun sank below. The scope coming loose because of the current.
By the time the divers and search teams had been brought in to help find Dermot, he had long been swept away. They stopped searching before the end of the week when a barge had gone through, destroying any chance of finding any additional evidence. Dermot Kelly has been in the river since that January 30, 1972 afternoon to early evening. Sadly, I believe he died that day.
Satch
