IL IL - Valerie Percy, 21, Kenilworth, 18 September 1966 #2

[Bargle]

Have police given other investigators access to those files? Have they checked the evidence for DNA?

There was a test for DNA done some 15 years ago or more. It apparently didn't get anything. Given the advances we now have, it should be tried again.

 

[Deleted member 337524]

There was a test for DNA done some 15 years ago or more. It apparently didn't get anything. Given the advances we now have, it should be tried again.

This seems like an obvious avenue to explore. One looks at the work done on the west coast with the Golden State Killer and sees how that was solved.

 

[ToxicCatnip]

Its really frustrating that this case has so little information on it publicly available, even more frustrating to know the house got demolished

 

[Betty P]

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I’ve always had doubts about a bayonet being the murder weapon. It seemed it would be difficult for the killer to hold and stab a victim multiple times without getting their own hand injured. As near as I can tell, bayonets don’t have a handle.

How can any new information be revealed if Valerie’s family is still keeping the investigation files closed.

 

[Betty P]

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I will say, the evidence didn’t always match the official story. My belief is that it was someone who was close enough to the family that they spent time there, knew where Valerie’s bed was located, how to get there and felt comfortable enough to do that with others in the house.

It seemed a crime of passion, committed by someone who knew her.

 

[Deleted member 337524]

Unfortunately, her killer took many lives. His story is unbelievable. There's a thread on it here: Don't Count Him Out

Not the killer, he was a bad hombre, but he is not the killer nor is he the Zodiac.

 

[Betty P]

Not the killer, he was a bad hombre, but he is not the killer nor is he the Zodiac.

No one has ever been able to place Thorenson in the Chicago area at the time of her murder. He was living in California at that time, IIRC.

He was a horrible person, but, I agree, not the guy.

 

[Deleted member 337524]

No one has ever been able to place Thorenson in the Chicago area at the time of her murder. He was living in California at that time, IIRC.

He was a horrible person, but, I agree, not the guy.

His behavior was targeted at his direct family, his agenda was getting his hands on Mommy and Daddy’s money. Bad dude, not the killer of VP and certain not the Zodiac.

 

[Betty P]

His behavior was targeted at his direct family, his agenda was getting his hands on Mommy and Daddy’s money. Bad dude, not the killer of VP and certain not the Zodiac.

Right. Occasionally at a neighbor, IIRC, but his motive was usually money. He and his brother were terrors.

 

[Deleted member 337524]

Right. Occasionally at a neighbor, IIRC, but his motive was usually money. He and his brother were terrors.

A colorful family.

 

[Bargle]

I’ve always had doubts about a bayonet being the murder weapon. It seemed it would be difficult for the killer to hold and stab a victim multiple times without getting their own hand injured. As near as I can tell, bayonets don’t have a handle.

How can any new information be revealed if Valerie’s family is still keeping the investigation files closed.

Yes, bayonets do have a handle and a guard. Here's a link to a picture of the one found. Has both a handle and a guard. This has been common since WWI.

https://i0.wp.com/www.defrostingcoldcases.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/head-shot-murder-weapon.jpg

 

[Richard]

For some reason, photos of bayonets that I had posted previously are no longer available. Here is a photo of an M1 rifle bayonet made during World War II. The blade was 10 inches long and this is the same type found in Lake Michigan very close to the Percy home and thought by LE at the time to be a possible murder weapon. Note the handle which would allow this bayonet to be either attached to a rifle, or used as a combat knife.

 

[Sweetluv]

Bump

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Christine Rothschild Murder - Bloody Trousers Found at Site - 29 May 1968

Clipping found in Chicago Tribune published in Chicago, Illinois on 5/29/1968. Christine Rothschild Murder - Bloody Trousers Found at Site - 29 May 1968

www.newspapers.com

Author Glenn Wall joins Karen Conti to talk about the unsolved murder of Valerie Percy in the 1960s.

https://wgnradio.com/karen-conti/the-unsolved-murder-of-valerie-percy/

 

[Betty P]

Here's the thread for Christine

WI - WI - Christine Rothschild, 18, Madison, 26 May 1968

Anyone hear of this one? I've read a few things on the web hypothesizing about serial killers and the like but one of her friends believes she was killed by someone who worked on campus and had been stalking her. I believe he is still alive: THE 1968 MURDER AT UW STILL STINGS KILLER OF WOMAN...

www.websleuths.com

 

[STANDREID]

Do we know where Ted Bundy was on this date? He was a Republican campaigner sometimes.

I guess we're certain that it was actually Valerie who was killed?

 

[Bargle]

I guess we're certain that it was actually Valerie who was killed?

Yes, no doubt about the identity.

 

[STANDREID]

Some questions I'd like to know the answers to either to steer me in the right direction or, maybe more importantly, steer me away from the wrong direction:

Was Valerie at home on a Saturday night because she'd recently broken up with a boyfriend?

Did Valerie know any of the women who vanished from the Indiana Dunes 2 months earlier?

Was Valerie into horseback riding?

Had Valerie ever been impregnated, either consensually or non-consensually?

Did Valerie have a phone in her room?

Was Valerie involved in CB radio?

Considering the roof alarm, had there been a previous intrusion?

Did any campaign workers ever make advances toward Valerie or her stepmother?

Did Valerie ever read "romance" magazines that had personal ads in the back?

Was Valerie's grave watched?

Was anyone the Percys knew later arrested for abuse or a sex crime?

Was there a newspaper deliverer out at that time who might have seen the killer or "his" car?

Was Valerie, from either end, ever involved in any college hazing?

Had Valerie ever dated someone her parents did not approve of?

 

[SAMS]

This is the kind of case that should be covered on unsolved mysteries. This one just keeps me up at night.

 

[SAMS]

DUP…. Please delete. Thank you.