Naplate, IL Area Cold Cases

Name

Howard Blankenship

Age

47

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Found dead in his car near a barbershop.

Agency

Patch News - Joliet

Name

Dasean Clark

Age

21

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Shot while driving, leading to a car crash.

Agency

Patch News - Joliet

Name

James Waddell

Age

56

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Killed at an intersection, witnessed by a passerby.

Agency

Patch News - Joliet

Name

Dinesty Tillman

Age

23

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Shot while driving a car with her brother, who was also injured.

Agency

Patch News - Joliet

Name

Jonathan Fairley

Age

25

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Found shot in an alley inside a stolen suv.

Agency

Patch News - Joliet

Name

Clark Travis

Age

49

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Co-victim in the same shooting as jonathan fairley.

Agency

Patch News - Joliet

Name

Sequita Walsh

Age

34

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Fun and outgoing, employed as a home health care provider.

Agency

Patch News - Joliet

Name

Jeevit Rai

Age

20

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Formerly of aurora.

Agency

Patch News - Joliet

Name

Robert Barski

Age

60

Cause of Death

Stabbing

Info

Quiet, kept to himself, family from texas.

Agency

Patch News - Joliet

Name

Phillip Christensen

Age

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Found deceased on stouffer road

Agency

Illinois State Police

Name

Aliyah Salazar

Age

17

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Killed while in a car at a public housing complex.

Agency

Patch News - Joliet

Name

Victor Arroyo

Age

15

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Shot while in the backseat of a vehicle on rosalind street.

Agency

Patch News - Joliet

Name

Miles Stallings

Age

34

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Shot outside fairview public housing complex.

Agency

Patch News - Joliet

Name

Anthony McGee

Age

22

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Shot during a party at his residence.

Agency

Patch News - Joliet

Name

Gabriella Rueda

Age

22

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Attended the same party where shooting occurred.

Agency

Patch News - Joliet

Name

Emmanuel Arroyo

Age

22

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Victim of the same triple homicide case.

Agency

Patch News - Joliet

Name

Anton Mable

Age

25

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Shot in a mcdonald’s parking lot inside his car.

Agency

Patch News - Joliet

Name

David Kelly Jr

Age

22

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Suffered multiple gunshot wounds on sept. 13, 2015 in the 1400 block of englewood avenue, at the fairview public housing complex. Kelly was found dead shortly 4:30 a.M. Inside of a car near cardinal lane.

Agency

Patch News - Joliet

Name

Jourdyn Williamson

Age

20

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Worked at thomas toyota and kmart; aspired to become a nurse.

Agency

Patch News - Joliet

Name

Michael Brock

Age

24

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Hill-king died of multiple gunshot wounds and her body was found on march 11, 2015 at a ditch near brandon road and zurich road. She had been missing for two months at the time of the gruesome discovery. As for her boyfriend, michael c. Brock, he was found slain about the same time she disappeared. He was killed on jan. 10, 2015 in the 500 block of south ottawa street. His body was found in an alley.

Agency

Patch News - Joliet

Name

Chinesicia Hill-King

Age

24

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Hill-king died of multiple gunshot wounds and her body was found on march 11, 2015 at a ditch near brandon road and zurich road. She had been missing for two months at the time of the gruesome discovery. As for her boyfriend, michael c. Brock, he was found slain about the same time she disappeared. He was killed on jan. 10, 2015 in the 500 block of south ottawa street. His body was found in an alley.

Agency

Patch News - Joliet

Name

Keon Kelly

Age

30

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Kelly and purnell were fatally shot in the 400 block of strong avenue on dec. 2, 2014. According to past news coverage, the two were killed and an 18-year-old man was wounded during an ambush. The three were apparently going to visit a friend when someone opened fire on them as they exited their car.

Agency

Patch News - Joliet

Name

Tariq Purnell

Age

17

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Kelly and purnell were fatally shot in the 400 block of strong avenue on dec. 2, 2014. According to past news coverage, the two were killed and an 18-year-old man was wounded during an ambush. The three were apparently going to visit a friend when someone opened fire on them as they exited their car.

Agency

Patch News - Joliet

Name

Dante Campbell

Age

34

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Fatally shot several times on joliet's east side. His dead body was discovered on a neighborhood sidewalk on henderson avenue near the 700 block of chase avenue on nov. 27, 2014.

Agency

Patch News - Joliet

Name

Jonathan Adams

Age

25

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Gunned down in the street on joliet's south side early saturday, july 19, 2014. Adams was still alive when police found him around 2:45 a.M. In the middle of fourth avenue near richards street. But he was unable to speak and died after surgery less than seven hours later.

Agency

Patch News - Joliet

Name

Markus Tanzy

Age

25

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Fatally shot on june 3, 2014 while on a porch in the 100 block of south joliet street, just a couple blocks away from the police station.

Agency

Patch News - Joliet

Name

Christopher Perry Jr

Age

24

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Devoted, kind, generous, had a great sense of humor.

Agency

Patch News - Joliet

Name

Jarrod Marks

Age

43

Cause of Death

Stabbing

Info

Moved from south dakota indian reservation a month before his death.

Agency

Patch News - Joliet

Name

Beatrice Orsborne

Age

47

Cause of Death

Strangulation

Info

Had a criminal past.

Agency

Patch News - Joliet

Name

Carmen Charneco

Age

Cause of Death

Murder

Info

Murdered on interstate 90

Agency

Illinois State Police

Name

Leanne Taylor

Age

Cause of Death

Murder

Info

Found by idot workers

Agency

Illinois State Police

Name

Dalton Mesarchik

Age

7

Cause of Death

Murder

Info

Found in vermillion river

Agency

Illinois State Police

Name

Inita Thomas

Age

35

Cause of Death

Murder

Info

Found near illinois route 6 and knoxville avenue. Suspected involvement in prostitution.

Agency

Illinois State Police

Name

Carol Rofstad

Age

21

Cause of Death

Trauma

Info

Found unconscious, later died from head injuries.

Agency

Illinois State Police

Name

Debbie Fijan

Age

10

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Debbie fijan was reported missing when she did not return from an after school activity. Her body was found a few hours later in the area of fair oaks and lies road in what is now carol stream.

Agency

DuPage County Sheriff

Name

Kristina Wesselman

Age

15

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Kristina wesselman was reported missing by her mother on july 21, 1985. Her body was found the next day in glen ellyn, just off a dirt path located between a jewel food store on route 56 and route 53 and the valley view subdivision. It is believed she was on her way home from the jewel food store when she was attacked.

Agency

DuPage County Sheriff

Name

Thomas Stimac

Age

48

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

The body of thomas stimac was discovered on the rear deck of his home. The victim had suffered gunshot wounds.

Agency

Cook County Sheriff

Name

Cheryl Griffin

Age

Cause of Death

Stabbing

Info

Cheryl jean griffin was found on saturday october 25, 1986 at approximately 8:00 a.M. In the kishwaukee gorge forest preserve, 4701 blackhawk road, rockford, illinois. Her body was found in a grassy area approximately 40 feet from the gated entrance of the forest preserve. The cause of death was a stab wound. An investigation into her death by the winnebago county sheriff's department determined ms. Griffin occasionally worked as a prostitute in the area.

Agency

Winnebago County Sheriff