Hi I am Luckymanuh. I have been researching Richard Macek and his assaults and murders for over 20 years now. I have always thought he was responsible for Debbie Fijan's murder and more. I think Debbie was his 2nd murder victim.
I had a sit down the Dupage County Cold Case Detectives, it's been at least 5-8 year now and there was no progress. They were VERY interested and we talked for 2 hours, emailed back and forth for months but nothing became of it. Unfortunately, the Cold Case Detectives are not given alot of hours to put to these cases. It is a shame. They are pulled off to do other things also.
I have spoken to every LEA there is in towns and states where I know and think Macek committed murders and assaults to no avail. It is like he is untouchable. I think it is harder for LE to really look at a connection in cases when the murderer is dead. They would rather have him to talk to, that is my opinion.
I must say it is refreshing that my eyes are not the only ones that see a connection. After all these years, and all the research I started wondering if I am just reaching.
Luckymanuh
Luckymanuh. I so hope you come back. I am VERY interested in hearing what you have learnt about Macek, and what other case info you might have to compare to Debbies case. Debbies case has kind of become an obsession of mine, and having so little idea what DuPage has done on her case in the past I would like to hear what you know..... and what you can share.
I'm not sure if you were aware, Debbies brother Jack had posted here under the hat dfijan. He informed us when he contacted DuPage they had dismantled ( right word?) the cold case group at DuPage for some time and it was recently reassembled not too long before he called. I'm unsure exactly how recent to his contacting DuPage.
I'm in DuPage, and I know (posted somewhere in the first thread) that DuPage county had an appx 12 million dollar budget SURPLUS for 2009, so imo, there is no good reason NOT to have the funds to get some attention to the cold cases. I also know in DuPage various LE from cities and villages are assigned to do some work on certain projects and in certain area's in conjuction with DuPage Sheriffs office. I don't know if that includes cold cases, but I know for a fact it does include other types of investigations.