IL IL - Norwood Park Township, WhtMale UP10999, 17-22, victim of John Wayne Gacy, Dec'78

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955UMIL - Unidentified Male​

Reconstruction of the victim by NCMEC and Betty Pat Gatliff.

Date of Discovery: December 27, 1978
Location of Discovery: Norwood Park Township, Cook County, Illinois
Estimated Date of Death: 1972 to 1978 (most likely August 6, 1976 to October 5, 1976 based upon trial witness' testimony of digging trenches/graves)
State of Remains: Not recognizable - Near complete or complete skeleton
Cause of Death: Homicide

Physical Description​

Estimated Age: 17-22 years old
Race: White
Sex: Male
Height: 5'9" to 6'2"
Weight: Unknown
Hair: Dark brown and wavy
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown

Identifiers​

Dentals: Available. One upper tooth displaced behind another. Most likely sufferred from a bad toothache at the time of his disappearance.
Fingerprints: Not Available.
DNA: Available.

Clothing & Personal Items​

Clothing: Unknown
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown

Circumstances of Discovery​

The victim's skeletal remains were located buried in the crawl space of John Wayne Gacy's home.

Altogether, 29 victims' remains were located on Gacy's property. Four were found in the Des Plaines River, although Gacy confessed to dumping five bodies in the river. There are 33 known victims, but it is suspected that there may be more.

As of 2019, this victim and five others remain unidentified: 954UMIL, 956UMIL, 957UMIL, 958UMIL, and 962UMIL.

Serial killer Gacy was convicted of his crimes and executed in 1994.

Investigating Agency(s)​

Agency Name: Cook Co. Medical Examiner's Office
Agency Contact Person: Jason Moran
Agency Phone Number: 312-666-0500
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 1325DEC78; LE: #13; 78-803640

NCIC Case Number: U205910308
NamUs Case Number: 10999
NCMEC Case Number: 1322532

Information Source(s)​

Namus
NCMEC
Cook County Sheriff's Office
John Wayne Gacy
Cook County Medical Examiner's Office

955UMIL

 

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VA - Bayard William Cousins, 22, Virginia Beach, 1 Feb 1975

Bayard William Cousins The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) Bayard Cousins left his residence while his parents were out of town. They came back to a note stating not to worry about him. There were no indications of any issues with Bayard prior to his disappearance...

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Could it be him?

CA Thread 'CA - John Graham Thompson, 20, Mountain View, 8 Feb 1977'

Jul 27, 2022

Missing Person / NamUs #MP25180
John Graham Thompson, Male, White / Caucasian
Date of Last Contact: February 8, 1977
Missing From: Mountain View, California
Missing Age: 20 Years

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

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Circumstances of Disappearance: Missing person last seen on 2/8/77 by a friend (the reporting party) he was staying with in Mountain View. He had advised the reporting party he was going to go to a job interview at an unknown company and was never seen/heard from after.

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Could it be him?

CA Thread 'CA - John Graham Thompson, 20, Mountain View, 8 Feb 1977'

Jul 27, 2022

Missing Person / NamUs #MP25180
John Graham Thompson, Male, White / Caucasian
Date of Last Contact: February 8, 1977
Missing From: Mountain View, California
Missing Age: 20 Years

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

Circumstances of Disappearance: Missing person last seen on 2/8/77 by a friend (the reporting party) he was staying with in Mountain View. He had advised the reporting party he was going to go to a job interview at an unknown company and was never seen/heard from after.

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• Forum: 1970's Missing

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I find the likeness here just uncanny, Body 13 & Andy Joe Lepley:

Andy Joe Lepley MP22979

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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18yo, 5'9" missing May 1976 (Memorial Day weekend) from Crow Junction CO, Gacy has been known to have traveled in Colorado. But the way in which Andy Joe Lepley disappeared would seem to most (not all) like Gacy couldn't possibly have been involved. Evidently, Andy was working at a gas station, he'd opened the station, he was over at the adjacent restaurant joking with waitresses, was outside, etc, and at some point, nobody could get in to buy gas. So the manager goes into station, all the money's gone from the register, the CB radio's torn out, and Andy's truck is parked outside with keys in the ignition. Nobody saw or heard anything, people around there, though, I think the waitresses IDd someone of interest: middle aged white male w/graying, sandy colored hair, blue eyes, medium complexion, about 5'11 and 175 lbs. Seen leaving the Texaco at approximately 7:00 AM, driving a "flashy" car, possibly a Pontiac Grand Prix, silver or white in color with maroon trim and maroon top, and towing a plywood trailer, 4-5 feet long and covered with a tarp. They never found this guy. LE was digging into a local professor, they think the professor may have had some involvement.

LE thinks Victim/Body 13's murder likely occurred sometime between August 6, 1976, and October 5, 1976. The timing does line up here. & Gacy's hair is light around this timeframe, I've seen pics, it's not as dark as it is at other times, or as dark as it might look in b&w photos. Here he is whooping it up on July 4 1976, he's always heavy, but he's not huge in this image:

Unlikely? Yes, I suppose so. Were it not for the incredible likeness I see in the images, I'd agree, nope, no way. But with Andy's likeness to the Body 13 portraits, yeah, I wonder.