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Here is a list of sources used to create the timeline.
FAMILY SOURCES
Facebook page: Crime Reports (public)
Facebook page: In Memory of William (Bill) Comeans (membership required)
Twitter feed: @BillComeans (public)
Bills Brother Bobs Blog: I Should Have Called In Sick
A video slideshow made by Bill's sister Kathleen
BC's Find-A-Grave page
MEDIA SOURCES
Media sources are listed chronologically by publication date, not in the order they were posted.
See post 108
Jan. 8, 1980
Father finds son; says he was killed, Columbus Dispatch
Jan. 8, 1980
William Comeans, 14, dies at hospital; found along railroad tracks with an object around his neck, Columbus Citizen-Journal
Jan. 9, 1980
Earlier threatening notes probed in death of strangled teenager William Comeans, Columbus Dispatch
Jan. 9, 1980
Father says son's death not suicide, Columbus Citizen-Journal
See post 64
Jan. 18, 1980
Death of William Comeans Being Treated as Homicide, Columbus Dispatch
See post 69
April 23, 1980
Coroner Says New Rome Boy Murdered, Columbus Dispatch
See post 71
April 23, 1980
Bizarre Strangling of Boy Ruled a Homicide, Columbus Citizen-Journal
See post 74
Oct. 31, 1980
Threat Letters Believed Written By Same Person, Columbus Dispatch
See post 82
Oct. 31, 1980
Death Threats Terrorizing Neighborhood, Columbus Dispatch
See Post 91
Nov. 1, 1980
Fear Strikes Quiet Street, Reading Eagle in Reading, PA
See Post 93
Nov. 1, 1980
Death Threats Raise Specter of Fear in Ohio Town, AP, The Freelance Star in Fredericksburg, VA
Nov. 1, 1980
Neighborhood in Fear: Will the Killer Strike Again? Spoke Daily Chronicle in Washington state
Nov. 1, 1980
Eight Ohio Families Live in Fear of Killer, The Lewiston Journal in Maine
Nov. 1, 1980
A Day of Terror on Maple Drive, The Hour in Norwalk CT
See Post 128
Nov. 1, 1980
Neighborhood Saturated By Police, Columbus Dispatch
Nov. 2, 1980
Terrorist Search Enlists Aid of Handwriting Analyst, Columbus Dispatch
Dec. 5, 1980
Neighbor of Slain Youth Arrested for Penning Series of Death Notes, Columbus Dispatch
Dec. 5, 1980
New Rome Woman Admits Threats to Neighbors, Columbus Citizen-Journal
Sept. 13, 1981
Mystery Still Lingers Over Death of Bill Comeans
Obituary of Hoax Letter Writer
Aug. 21, 2012
Alean June (Greene) Tope (obituary), Columbus Dispatch
See Post 24
Oct. 29, 2012
Crime Tracker 10 Looks at Cold Cases