Chalkboard Thoughts

        Pamela Maurer was born October 24, 1959 in Sterling, Illinois. She was the daughter of Betty Ann and Louis Maurer. They had four children altogether. Charles, Patrick and Susan were Pamela’s siblings. They lived in Woodbridge, Illinois. Pamela was a 16 year old student at Downers Grove South High School in 1976.     Thomas Patterman was driving to work early on the morning of Tuesday, January 13th, 1976. He spotted something unusual on the road. It looked like a purse. Patterman was the Township Road Commissioner and so, of course, he stopped to check on this. As he approached the handbag he then noticed a body there off the side of College Road. The site was roughly two miles North of Hobson Road in Lisle.     On January 12th, 1976, when Pamela had not come home at the time she was expected; her mother reported her missing at 11:45 p.m.     Roughly an hour before at 10:30 p.m. someone had...

       Tricia Lynn Reitler was born on February 9th, 1974 in Olmsted Falls, Ohio to Donna and Garry Reitler. She grew up there in the Cleveland suburbs. Her father was a self employed carpenter and her mother worked as a cleaner. She attended a private religious school for much of her education but graduated from the local public high school; Olmsted Falls High School.    Olmsted Falls is one of those towns that could be the setting for a Hallmark Christmas movie. Many of the historic homes and buildings have been preserved. The West Branch Of the Rocky River flows through town. It is indeed very rocky and the water flowing through wooded areas and over picturesque rocks gives the town its name.    Tricia left Ohio for Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Indiana after highschool. Marion, Indiana is a small town between Indianapolis and Ft. Wayne.   On March, 29th, 1993 Tricia was studying. The psychology major decided to ...

        Jessica Roach was born on November 27th, 1977. She was the daughter of Terry and Charles Roach. Jessica attended Ridge Farm High School in Georgetown, Illinois. She was a good student, well liked and outgoing.    On September 20, 1993, 15 year old Jessica Roach was abducted on a rural road around 3:30 p.m. Jessica was wearing a white shirt, black jeans and black tennis shoes. She had gone out for a bike ride.    Her bike was found on the road but there was no sign of Jessica.    In 1993, enough people had seen enough news stories about other missing children. They didn’t dismiss Jessica’s disappearance. She wasn’t considered a runaway. The community jumped into action searching for Jessica. They scoured the area around Georgetown, Illinois.    People thought that they had seen her. These sightings were reported and investigated. Weeks dragged on while Jessica’s parents and friends agonized ...

       Larry DeWayne Hall was born December 11th,1952 to Robert and Aera Hall. He had a twin brother named Gary. They made their home in the little town of Wabash, Indiana.     Robert Hall was a grave digger and cemetery caretaker at Falls Cemetery in Wabash, Indiana. That’s southwest of Fort Wayne, Indiana. The family lived in a small house on the cemetery property.     Larry had difficulties from birth and spent some extra time in the hospital as a newborn. He later showed a lack of attachment. He had difficulty making friends and forming and keeping up relationships. His brother Gary tried to help him. Gary hoped to be a positive role model. Larry was often upset with Gary and tried to kill his twin several times.     As a young adult, Larry DeWayne Hall was a Civil War and Revolutionary War Reenactment buff. Traveling the Midwest and other states for reenactment events was his hobby. He was on the road a...