GUILTY IL - Jeanine Nicarico, 10, abducted & murdered, Naperville, 25 Feb 1983

[Richard]

A60862 - DUGAN, BRIAN J.

Note: Photos of him can be seen by clicking on the Link below.


Parent Institution: Pontiac Correctional Center
Inmate Status: WRIT
Location: COURT
Discharge Reason:

Sex Offender Registry Required


VITALS
Date of Birth: 09-23-1956
Weight: 205 lbs.
Hair: Brown
Sex: Male
Height: 5 ft. 11 in.
Race: White
Eyes: Brown


MARKS, SCARS, & TATTOOS
TATTOO, ARM, LEFT - TATTOO ARM, LEFT

ADMISSION / RELEASE / DISCHARGE INFO


Custody Date: 11/25/1985
Projected Parole Date: LIFE
Paroled Date: --
Tentative Discharge Date:
Discharge From Parole: LIFE

SENTENCING INFORMATION

MITTIMUS: 85CF925
CLASS: M
COUNT: 1
OFFENSE: MURDER/INTENT TO KILL/INJURE
CUSTODY DATE: 06/03/1985
SENTENCE: LIFE
COUNTY: KANE
SENTENCE DISCHARGED?: NO


MITTIMUS: 85CF82
CLASS: M
COUNT: 1
OFFENSE: MURDER/INTENT TO KILL/INJURE
CUSTODY DATE: 06/03/1985
SENTENCE: LIFE
COUNTY: LA SALLE
SENTENCE DISCHARGED?: NO

MITTIMUS: 85CF82
CLASS: 1
COUNT: 1
OFFENSE: AGGR KIDNAPPING-NO RANSOM
CUSTODY DATE: 06/03/1985
SENTENCE: 30 YEARS 0 MONTHS 0 DAYS
COUNTY: LA SALLE
SENTENCE DISCHARGED?: NO

MITTIMUS: 85CF82
CLASS: X
COUNT: 2
OFFENSE: AGG CRIM SEX ASSAULT/FELONY
CUSTODY DATE: 06/03/1985
SENTENCE: 60 YEARS 0 MONTHS 0 DAYS
COUNTY: LA SALLE
SENTENCE DISCHARGED?: NO

MITTIMUS: 85CF457
CLASS: X
COUNT: 1
OFFENSE: AGG CRIM SEX ASSAULT/FELONY
CUSTODY DATE: 06/03/1985
SENTENCE: 30 YEARS 0 MONTHS 0 DAYS
COUNTY: KANE
SENTENCE DISCHARGED?: NO

MITTIMUS: 85CF431
CLASS: 3
COUNT: 1
OFFENSE: AGG BATTERY/GREAT BODILY HARM
CUSTODY DATE: 06/03/1985
SENTENCE: 5 YEARS 0 MONTHS 0 DAYS
COUNTY: KANE
SENTENCE DISCHARGED?: NO

MITTIMUS: 85CF447
CLASS: X
COUNT: 1
OFFENSE: AGG CRIM SEX ASSAULT/FELONY
CUSTODY DATE: 06/03/1985
SENTENCE: 30 YEARS 0 MONTHS 0 DAYS
COUNTY: KANE
SENTENCE DISCHARGED?: NO

MITTIMUS: 78CF1571
CLASS: 2
COUNT: 1
OFFENSE: BURGLARY
CUSTODY DATE: 05/30/1979
SENTENCE: 7 YEARS 0 MONTHS 0 DAYS
COUNTY: DUPAGE
SENTENCE DISCHARGED?: YES


MITTIMUS: 79CF6600
CLASS: 2
COUNT: 1
OFFENSE: BURGLARY
CUSTODY DATE: 04/19/1979
SENTENCE: 4 YEARS 0 MONTHS 0 DAYS
COUNTY: KANE
SENTENCE DISCHARGED?: YES

MITTIMUS: 77CF3493
CLASS: 2
COUNT: 1
OFFENSE: BURGLARY
CUSTODY DATE: 01/27/1977
SENTENCE: 6 YEARS 0 MONTHS 0 DAYS
COUNTY: KANE
SENTENCE DISCHARGED?: YES


MITTIMUS: 76CF468
CLASS: 2
COUNT: 1
OFFENSE: ARSON
CUSTODY DATE: 03/05/1976
SENTENCE: 3 YEARS 0 MONTHS 0 DAYS
COUNTY: DUPAGE
SENTENCE DISCHARGED?: YES

Source:

Illinois Department of Corrections - Inmate Search

LINK:

http://www.idoc.state.il.us/subsections/search/inms.asp

 

[SewingDeb]

Trial begins next January.

Did Gacy Turn Brian Dugan Into A Serial Killer?

CBS) A convicted murderer has invoked the name of another notorious serial killer as he attempts to avoid the death sentence. CBS 2's Derrick Blakley reports that alleged serial killer Brian Dugan has claimed he was once molested by John Wayne Gacy.

Dugan has been convicted of two murders before and now he's facing the possibility of the death penalty for the 1983 murder and rape of 10-year-old Jeanine Nicarico. He confessed to the brutal crime several years ago, but he has not yet been tried.

To help spare his life, Dugan's attorneys have been investigating his claim that as a teenager, he was sexually molested by Illinois' most notorious serial killer: John Wayne Gacy.

http://cbs2chicago.com/local/brian.dugan.gacy.2.742742.html

 

[SewingDeb]

Cubby, I see you beat me to it with the Gacy connection. I don't think it should be used to spare his life, especially after reading this in the article you linked:

But the defense faces a daunting task in trying to make Dugan appear sympathetic. He was convicted of the July 15, 1984 murder of Donna Schnorr. He ran the 27-year-old Geneva nurse off the road and beat, raped and drowned her in a Kane County quarry.

Dugan went on a monthlong sex-crime binge afterward in which he attacked three young women -- all of whom survived.

Less than a year later, Dugan tried to abduct two girls June 2, 1985, in Somonauk. One escaped. Her friend, 7-year-old Melissa Ackerman, did not. Dugan raped and drowned the child. Authorities captured him a day later. He's been incarcerated ever since.

 

[SewingDeb]

This article is long but very interesting. Dugan was well on his way to being a serial killer long before he may or may not have met up with Gacy:

http://www.skcentral.com/news.php?readmore=2035

...the FBI had accumulated hundreds of pages of background on him. Those records have never been made public - until now.

 

[Gina_M]

Less than a year later, Dugan tried to abduct two girls June 2, 1985, in Somonauk. One escaped. Her friend, 7-year-old Melissa Ackerman, did not. Dugan raped and drowned the child. Authorities captured him a day later. He's been incarcerated ever since.

I remember hearing about Melissa Ackerman on the local news when she was reported missing...I was only 10 years old at the time. I was so sad when I found out she'd been killed. I'm glad to see the guy is in jail :furious:

 

[littlehorn]

This case is a lot more complex than I realized at first. Did anyone read about the two hispanic guys, one of whom spent 12 years in jail over this because, for whatever reason, he either gave or police forced some kind of confession?

The DNA evidence on Dugan is not an exact match and it seems as though he initially agreed to confess during a plea bargain offer by police, and when he wasn't guaranteed not to get death for it, he clammed up. I'm always suspect of this kind of "confession."

Dugan is a anyway and deserves to fry either way -- I just hope the right guy doesn't walk away because the police think they've got their man (again).

 

[newshound81]

Is there anyway this perp could also be responsibile for the rape, stragulation and decapitation of an unidentified little black girl in Missouri? She was found on Feb. 28, 1983, (http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37995) just three days after Jeanine. It's about a five-hour drive between the two locations.

 

[littlehorn]

This story makes me question my religious beliefs.

How sad and terrible not only for Jeanine, but for her family.

I added the Nicarico Memorial Literacy Fund to the Links page of www.whokilledbetsy.com. I also contacted Tricia here at Websleuths and asked her to add it as a link to the main page -- I think it's an important charity and one that I would willingly donate to.

 

[AmandaReckonwith]

Justice is finally coming for Jeanine Nicarico.

Within the next couple of weeks, the jury will decide whether Brian Dugan stays in prison for life or gets the death penalty. In IL the death penalty is crippled by a moratorium.


Pics from the case:
http://s296.photobucket.com/albums/mm166/crankycrankerson/Jeanine Nicarico/


Daily Herald has the most complete coverage, this has related links:
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=326833

 

[kgeaux]

This case is a lot more complex than I realized at first. Did anyone read about the two hispanic guys, one of whom spent 12 years in jail over this because, for whatever reason, he either gave or police forced some kind of confession?

The DNA evidence on Dugan is not an exact match and it seems as though he initially agreed to confess during a plea bargain offer by police, and when he wasn't guaranteed not to get death for it, he clammed up. I'm always suspect of this kind of "confession."

Dugan is a anyway and deserves to fry either way -- I just hope the right guy doesn't walk away because the police think they've got their man (again).

Justice is finally coming for Jeanine Nicarico.

Within the next couple of weeks, the jury will decide whether Brian Dugan stays in prison for life or gets the death penalty. In IL the death penalty is crippled by a moratorium.


Pics from the case:
http://s296.photobucket.com/albums/mm166/crankycrankerson/Jeanine Nicarico/


Daily Herald has the most complete coverage, this has related links:
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=326833

Wow. an innocent man was previously found guilty of doing this murder and was sentenced to death?

It boggles my mind that a jury could sentence someone to death on the basis of what had to be convoluted interpretations of the evidence. Thank God they didn't fry HIM, huh?

I don't know if this guy did it or not, but I won't be surprised if he is found guilty......it seems to be a trend to find every suspect guilty until he can later prove he is innocent. It took the previous "murderer" three trials to prove it wasn't him.

While THIS guy is a and I hope and pray he never gets out of jail, I am still concerned that there remains the chance that the actual murderer is roaming the streets.

 

[AmandaReckonwith]

Here is the best case history I have ever seen about the Nicarico case:

http://www.dcba.org/brief/mayissue/2005/art10505.htm


By the way, today the jury decided Brian Dugan is eligible for the DP.

Now they decide if he will get that. He is already serving 2 life sentences + 215 years for other rape/murders.

 

[kgeaux]

Here is the best case history I have ever seen about the Nicarico case:

http://www.dcba.org/brief/mayissue/2005/art10505.htm


By the way, today the jury decided Brian Dugan is eligible for the DP.

Now they decide if he will get that. He is already serving 2 life sentences + 215 years for other rape/murders.

Very good essay! Thank you so much for sharing the link. There's a lot of info.

I am uneasy that prosecutors did not trust Dugan's confession and indeed said he had many details of the crime incorrect. I wonder what details he got wrong, and how were prosecutors able to get past that? I would feel so much better if the DNA evidence was 100%.

 

[AmandaReckonwith]

 

[MaryLiz]

After 10 hours, jury sentences Dugan to death


After deliberating about 10 hours over two days, a DuPage County jury has sentenced Brian Dugan to death for the rape and murder of Jeanine Nicarico 26 years ago.
Dugan showed no emotion as the verdict was announced shortly after 2:30 p.m. A cry of "Yes!" rose from the family sections. The slain girl's mother and sisters wept.

More at Link...

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/11/closing-arguments-in-dugan-sentencing-hearing.html

 

[AmandaReckonwith]

Jeanine's album is updated.

http://s296.photobucket.com/albums/mm166/crankycrankerson/Jeanine%20Nicarico/

 

[Litlred]

Dugan sentenced to death in Nicarico girl's death

It took more than 26 years for Brian Dugan to finally face judgment for his vicious 1983 murder of Jeanine Nicarico.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/1880314,CST-NWS-dugan12x.article

 

[Cubby]

Family doesn't want daughter's life defined by death


As a third grader, Jeanine Nicarico had some difficulty reading, but she also had a good teacher who worked with her and inspired her, and as a consequence, she blossomed. From that piece of Jeanine's life, and from Christine's talk with her colleagues at River Woods school, came the founding of the Nicarico Memorial Literacy Fund.

"It really was a very heart-warming feeling to know that people wanted to do something that could help other children in the schools. It made us feel very good -- very, very good," said Pat Nicarico, Jeanine's mom.
In its 14 years, the fund has dispersed over $150,000 in grants to promote literacy, bring together readers and authors, and kids from different schools that have a book in common.

<snip>

Tom and Pat Nicarico have retired out of state, but they're back for this Sunday's 9th annual Run for Reading, the principal funder for the literacy effort. It is a chance to celebrate a life, a mission, and in the process, smile a lot.

<snip>

To learn more about the Nicarico Literacy Fund and this Sunday's run for reading visit www.nicaricoliteracyfund.org. Four-hundred have signed up for the run this far, but there's room -- for the streets are wide and the road is long.


full article at link:
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=7440715&rss=rss-wls-article-7440715

I'm local and was unaware of this. Nice to see this done in Jeanine's name, so I thought I'd share with other WS'rs and readers.

 

[cats5vegas]

I grew up in Naperville not too far from the Nicarico family (but I did not know them). I was in high school when Jeanine was murdered. This was the first moment when innocence was lost; I realized the power of death and that there are evil people in this world. I have followed this case ever since (and all of the circus side-shows that went with it). I'm glad to see that Dugan will finally get what he deserves.

 

[AmandaReckonwith]

Something positive.

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=9251348
with video.

DuPage County dedicated the new Jeanine Nicarico Children's Advocacy Center today. If Jeanine had lived, she would be 40.

It was a long road to justice with a lot of detours and this family walked in hell for so long.

But this day was all smiles.



I added the pics, article, vid to the Jeanine Nicarico Case Archive:
http://s296.photobucket.com/user/cr...6&page=1&_suid=137947310259203449864953419605

 

[AmandaReckonwith]

Upthread, the Case Archive link doesn't work.

This is correct:
http://s296.photobucket.com/user/crankycrankerson/library/Jeanine%20Nicarico%20%20-IL-#/user/crankycrankerson/library/Jeanine%20Nicarico%20%20-IL-?sort=6&page=1&_suid=137947310259203449864953419605