William George Bundy, a 19-year-old white male from Chicago, left home on October 26, 1976 saying he was going to a party and was reported missing after he never returned. He had dropped out of high school and was working in construction; his wallet was left behind and he was not seen alive again.

Bundy’s remains were later identified among the 33 bodies recovered from the crawl space of John Wayne Gacy’s Norwood Park Township home. At the 1978 recovery Bundy’s family suspected he might be among the victims but could not confirm identification because his dentist had retired and destroyed the records used at the time. In 2011 a DNA program matched samples from Bundy’s siblings Laura and Robert to the remains, confirming him as victim number 19.

This case underscores how long families can wait for identification after a homicide and how later forensic advances can bring answers. If anyone knew William Bundy, his last movements, or where he worked in 1976, please share what you know.