Tommy Joe Boling, 20, of Chicago disappeared November 18, 1977 while living with his wife and their three-year-old son near Keeler and Wabansia Avenues. Family reported he had been using drugs around the time he went missing.

His remains were recovered in the crawl space beneath John Wayne Gacy’s home and were cataloged as Body 12. Identification was confirmed by dental records and his wedding ring on September 12, 1979. Boling’s remains were found alongside those of Robert Winch, a 16-year-old who also vanished in November 1977.

Gacy was indicted for the murders of 33 people whose deaths occurred between 1972 and 1978; many victims were strangled and buried under his Norwood Park Township house. Does anyone have memories of Boling or his family, or information about his life in that neighborhood?