Richard Dewey Paulin, 30, was killed on July 16, 1983, near 147th Street in Homer Township, Joliet, Illinois. His death occurred during a series of ambush-style shootings that summer which also claimed the lives of two Will County Sheriff’s Department auxiliary deputies, Denis Foley and Steven Mayer; the victims were shot on a remote stretch of road.

The attacks were part of a violent rampage by Milton Johnson that began in June 1983 and continued through August 1983. The killings shocked the Joliet area and prompted a large investigation.

If anyone has memories of the area or information about Paulin’s movements around July 16, 1983, please come forward and share what you know.