This blog is to promote awareness of a series of murders that occurred in the middle 1980’s. To this day some of these murders have gone unsolved. If you have any information about these murders or other murders in DuPage County, Illinois please post it on the blog or call (217) 960-1662.
This site is dedicated to the victims and their families.
A video clip by Daily Herald show the victims family as the judge sentenced Brian Dugan to die following convictions for serial murder. Dugan is currently incarcerated at Pontiac Correctional Center, IL awaiting the death penalty that has been suspended since Former Illinois Governor George Ryan suspended death sentences for other inmates. It is likely Dugan will live out his days in segregation. Dugan was convicted of 1983 kidnapping, rape and murder of 10 year old girl Jeanine Nicarico.
GLEN ELLYN, IL – On a 1985 summer afternoon a DuPage County teen walks to a local Glen Ellyn Jewel food store located near route 53. She buys a candy bar and leaves to never be seen alive again. Her mother, Sandy Wissleman, reports her daughter missing. On July 22, 1985 Kristina’s body was found near a dirt path adjacent to the Jewell food store.
PCC News spoke to Detective Bob Harris of the Du Page County Sheriff's Office. His comment was the Sheriff's Department is actively investigating this crime and hopes the murderer is caught. He additionally pointed out they were going to pay particular attention to this case (because its anniversary draws near).
He further referred additional comments to the public relations officer, Don Rose, who stated this was an ongoing investigation and was not going to disclose any information about the victim, the manner of the homicide nor any kind of description about a suspect.
PoliceAbuse.com has found possible departmental misconduct regarding the way the murder investigation is being handled. An investigation is being conducted concerning why the sheriff’s department is failing to release information to the public about any possible suspect description that could produce tips from a community who wishes to see justice and closure on a 25 year murder of a teenager.
SUMMARY of Henry v. Ryan (United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois)
Dana Henery received a subpoena to give samples of saliva to the DuPage County Sheriffs Department. His public defender filed a motion to squash the subpoena and was denied by the circuit court. Henery refused to supply the samples and was placed on suicide watch. He later submitted to the sampling, gave the sample to a contracted medical work and continued to be placed on suicide watch. Henery was not arrested for the murder of Wesselman. Please visit the link below for additional information.
GLEN ELLYN, Ill. (CBS) "Kristy Wesselman was raped and murdered 24 years ago. Her cold case murder is still unsolved". There is a link posted on this blog that will forward to a CBS report by Mike Puccinelli discussing the cold case in DuPage County.
DuPage County Sheriff's Department refuses to work with citizens who want to see the murders of two victims of homicide. Lorraine F. Beize and Kristina Wesselman were young girls who were murdered in 1982 and 1985. Both of these murders were done in cold blood and remained unsolved to this day.
DuPage County Sheriff's Department, Detective Ed Walls said he will not disclose any information that could lead to an arrest for these homicides. The DuPage County Sheriff's Department Media Relations Office had no information about the murders.
It is the goal of this blog to promote awareness of these heinous murders in hopes that new evidence will become available for the sake of victims, victims families and justice.
To leave information about these murders call (217) 960-1662.
Kristina Wesselman was reported missing by her mother on July 21, 1985. Her body was found the next day in Glen Ellyn, just off a dirt path located between a Jewel Food Store on Route 56 and Route 53 and the Valley View subdivision. It is believed she was on her way home from the Jewel food store when she was attacked.
The body of Lorraine Beize was found near the Chicago Central and Pacific railroad tracks in unincorporated Wayne Township by the Pratt's Wayne Woods Forest Preserve. She had been sexually assaulted and strangled. Her murder remains unsolved.
by Greg Miller - Investigative Reporter
