There might be parts missing in the following, they're normally paying but I manage to reassemble jigsaws of articles. Those took me forever lol. I need some sleep now. :-/

Herald-News (Joliet, IL) - April 24, 1998
SKULL DISCOVERY: CLUES EMERGE BOLINGBROOK SEARCH: BONES FOUND

BOLINGBROOK -- A misguided trucker stumbled upon a weathered skull Wednesday night in a grassy field 250 yards from a truck stop parking lot.His discovery led police to more bones, belonging to a tall white male, found scattered among the grass and bushes behind the Union 76 truck stop and restaurant near Interstate 55 and Illinois 53.The bones could have remained undiscovered if the trucker hadn't been misinformed while looking for a store, said Lt. Charles Malinowski of the Will County sheriff's police. "He thought the ComEd building was a mall or something," Malinowski said. That's how the Canadian trucker explained why he was walking through the high grass and bushes where the the unidentified man's body was found. Sheriff's investigators -- with the help of Bolingbrook police and cadets, the Emergency Services and Disaster Agency, and Will County coroner's office personnel -- combed an 80-acre area Thursday gathering stray bones. Malinowski said animals have dragged much of the skeleton away from its original resting place. Sheriff Brendan Ward said preliminary reports from an Illinois State Police anthropologist show the skeleton belongs to a man at least in his late 20s, possibly older. The cause of death had not been determined Thursday...Once we get a better composite, dental charts and possibly determine how long those bones have been out there, that may open up some leads," Ward said. Muddy clothing also was found near the remains, Malinowski said. There was no weapon found, he said.


Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL) - April 25, 1998
MYSTERY MAN DIED FROM SHOT TO HEAD COPS: HE WAS 20 TO 30 YEARS OLD, DEAD 3 TO 5 YEARS

Police believe a skull found this week in a field outside Bolingbrook had been there three to five years.They also have determined the man was shot in the head.But they haven't got any leads on who the victim was, Will County Sheriff Brendan Ward said Friday.One problem is that the man could have come from anywhere in the country.The field is behind a Union 76 truck stop at Interstate 55 and Route 53, raising the possibility that someone could have driven a long distance before dropping off the body. "It could have come from anywhere from the East Coast to the West Coast," Ward said. "We do not know at this point if he was killed there or if he was killed somewhere else and dropped off there." The skull did retain many teeth, however, giving investigators an opportunity to explore dental records for the identity. Shreds of clothing also were found, which could help link the body to a missing person description that includes a clothes description. Here's what police said they do know about the man. He was white, between the ages of 20 and 30, about 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighed between 160 and 175 pounds. He had a medium build and a noticeable overbite. The description and the estimate on how long the body was there was done with the help of Master Sgt. Mark Johnsey, an anthropologist with the Illinois State Police. More tests are being done on the remains. A drawing will be made from the skull to attempt to get an image of the man. Once that is completed, a bulletin will be sent nationwide to try to find an identity for the body, Ward said. An autopsy done Friday showed that the man was shot in the head. The skull was found Wednesday by a Canadian trucker, who said he was walking across the field to a ComEd building he mistakenly believed was a shopping mall. Other bones were scattered nearby. Police believed that animals had torn apart the corpse over time.


Herald-News (Joliet, IL) - May 2, 1998
COPS HAVE CLUES TO MYSTERY CORPSE POLICE OFFICIAL: NIKES, PAGER, SKETCH MAY HELP ID GUNSHOT VICTIM

Will County Police are hoping a sketch, a pager, and a pair of Nike shoes will solve the mystery of the body found in a Bolingbrook field.Lt. Charles Malinkowski of the Will County Sheriff's Department on Friday said police are looking for the owner of a pager found with the skeletal remains.The pager may have been purchased on the south side of Chicago, but police aren't certain."Problem is, it is a national company," Malinkowski said of the pager manufacturer. "It could have been purchased anywhere in the country." Since the body was found behind a Union 76 truck stop, police fear the body may have traveled a long way before being ending up in the field. Further, because of the man's age -- possibly in his 20s -- Malinkowski fears he may never have been reported missing. "He could have left his home in Alabama or somewhere, and no one knows he has been gone," Malinkowski said. The man wore a pair of black and white high-top Nike Air Force Max Charles Barkley edition shoes. The shoes were only marketed in June of 1993. Malinkowski said he is working with Nike to trace where the shoes could have been purchased. The man also wore a light- or medium-blue extra-large nylon Starter jacket or warmup sweatshirt. Police are also hoping to narrow down their search by releasing sketches based on the work of an anthropologist and an artist. The mystery corpse became Will County's problem when a Canadian trucker on April 22 discovered a skull in a field next to the truck stop parking lot at Interstate 55 and Illinois 53. Master Sgt. Mark Johnsey, an anthropologist with the Illinois State Police, estimated the body to have been dead three to five years. The man died from a single bullet wound to the head. Police believe the man was between 20 and 30 years old, of medium build, weighing 160 to 175 pounds and standing 5 feet, 8 inches to 5 feet, 11 1/2 inches tall. His hair may have been brown. The man was white or Hispanic. He had a noticeable overbite and his teeth had several fillings, police say. Anyone who thinks they may have information on the man's identity may call Will County police at (815) 727-8575.

Herald-News (Joliet, IL) - November 12, 1998
SKELETON IN THE FIELD PROVIDES FEW CLUES ABOUT HOW MAN WAS KILLED

This is the kind of case that frustrates a murder investigator.There is no name for the victim and there's a 5-year-old cold trail.There are no witnesses to question.There is no motive that can be established and no friends or family to talk about the victim's enemies and events from his last days.Last spring, an over-the-road trucker parked his rig in the lot of a truck stop at Illinois 53 and Interstate 55 near Bolingbrook.The truck driver decided to stretch his legs and took a walk through a nearby field with thick brush and tall grass. About 300 yards from the parking lot, he stumbled upon the remains of a human body. Actually just a skeleton with bones that have weathered for five years and scattered by the critters that live there. That's about all Sheriff's Investigator Steven McGrath had to work with. But from this crime scene he has began to learn a few things. The bones belonged to a 22-to-to-26-year-old white man who had stood about 5-foot-10 and weighed 160 to 175 pounds. The man had a very severe over-bite and some unique, expensive. dental work. He had died from a bullet wound going from left to right through the side of his head, which makes it murder. Detectives combing the crime scene found a lot of discarded items. But the area had been used by bums and teen-agers as a location for bonfires and drinking parties. An old wallet with some identification inside was found. But McGrath learned the wallet was unrelated. So were two old coats found near the spot. But one black Nike tennis shoe, still with foot bones inside it, helped to narrow down the year of the murder. The shoe style was manufactured and marketed in the summer of 1993, which meant the murder had to have occured after that time. A black leather belt was still buckled around what had once been a 32-inch waist. Expensive designer jeans had rotted away with only threads and the rear pockets remaining. A pager was clipped to one of the pockets. That pager was sold in a Chicago store, whose records have been seized by the IRS. The plastic security bands of some $280 in rotting cash were inside the back pockets, which eliminates robbery as a motive. Where did this man come from? Trucks from everywhere arrive and leave the truck stop daily. Did one of them transport the body from the west coast and dump it here? From the east coast or Florida? McGrath believes the victim probably came from Chicago because of where of where the pager was bought. The victim had received dental work, which means those fillings can be compared to dental charts of missing persons. From the description of the man, McGrath and Deputy Kay Kendzora have checked out leads that matched physical descriptions of some 60 individuals from as far away as Texas and Florida. McGrath believes the body was dumped there. He believes the killer was familiar with this spot of ground because of its difficult access. Was the victim involved a drug deal gone sour? Was he the victim of organized crime? Was he killed because of a love triangle? Almost any motive for murder, except robbery, could be fitted into the scenario of the known facts. McGrath has been working this case since the bones were found on April 22. He has at least 200 hours of investigation time into the case. Kendzora has even more hours, he said. When he has spare minutes, the young investigator pulls out the case file and goes over it once again. He looks for holes and asks himself what more can he do. What did he forget to do? At this point, however, he just wants to make an identification of the unknown man. He wants to let that man's family know of the death. "I would like to give the family a closure," McGrath said, noting that he knows the family is wondering what happened to their loved one. "Even if we can't solve this one, the family deserves a closure." He still a closure." He still has hopes that something in old computer records about the pager will send him in a new direction that results in a name. In addition, the coroner's office plans to reconstruct a clay face over the skull, which could result in an eventual identification. McGrath, an 11-year police veteran, said every cop has that one case that he hopes to solve before he retires. This one is his. He'll stay with it reading the reports over and over and looking for one more possible lead to track down. "It's frustrating when you keep hitting dead ends," he said. "But this case is mine, so I'll keep on working it." Anyone with information about about this unsolved murder can call Steve McGrath at (815) 727-8574.