On March 21, 1974 the victim did not return home by 4 p.m. and was reported missing by his parents to TCSO. The victim was last seen by a classmate walking northbound in the area of 6300 N. Cincinnati Avenue. On March 29, 1974 the victim's body was found in the woods by a pedestrian walking his dog in the area of 2400 W. 73rd Street. The victim died from manual strangulation.