Jimmie T. Roberts, an 18-year-old African American male born February 2, 1965, was found dead on May 9, 1983, in Thorn Creek, Cook County, Illinois. His body showed thirty-five stab wounds; his pants had been pulled down and his body was rolled into a creek, which removed any signs of sexual assault. He was buried June 3, 1983, at Restvale Cemetery in Alsip, Cook County.

Roberts is listed among the victims of Larry Eyler, the so-called Highway Killer, who later confessed to killing at least twenty-one young men and boys between 1982 and 1984. Eyler described luring victims with drugs, alcohol and money and committing extremely violent attacks. An accomplice was believed to have assisted in some killings but was never charged.

Family members had long suspected Eyler’s involvement, and his confessions brought some closure. Did anyone who knew Jimmie or who was in the Thorn Creek area in May 1983 see anything that could still help investigators?