Steven Crockett was 19 when his body was found in a cornfield outside Kankakee, Illinois, on October 23, 1982. He was stabbed multiple times and discarded in a rural field about 40 miles south of Chicago and 15 miles east of the Indiana state line. Reports note his pants were partially removed, a detail later associated with a series of similar killings.

Investigators eventually connected Crockett’s death to a broader pattern of murders across Illinois and Indiana attributed to Larry Eyler, known as the Highway Killer. Eyler targeted young men near interstate highways and was later arrested and convicted for multiple murders; he confessed to additional killings, including Crockett’s, through his defense attorney before his death in 1994.

Crockett’s case became part of the effort to link multiple crime scenes and understand Eyler’s modus operandi. If anyone knew Steven, where he spent time, or has information about his last days, please share what is known with investigators.