Four lines of the original investigation into Sally Kandel’s murder stand out. Sally, 14, left home for a short bicycle ride on September 12, 1972, promising to return by 7:00 p.m. Her bicycle was found abandoned along Lies Road that night and her body was located early the next morning in a nearby cornfield. She had severe head trauma, including a comminuted skull fracture and brain lacerations; her clothing was torn and she suffered multiple lacerations consistent with a violent attack.

A 22-year-old Wheaton resident, Richard Milone, was arrested, tried in DuPage County and convicted on largely circumstantial evidence including bite marks found on Sally’s body; he received a 90 to 175 year sentence after a bench trial. Years later new forensic analysis suggested the thigh bite mark matched the dentition of Richard Macek, and Macek reportedly confessed to the crime, raising questions about Milone’s conviction. Milone pursued appeals and habeas petitions arguing the forensic evidence was flawed, but courts upheld the conviction.

Which readers have information about Sally’s last known route or saw anything unusual around Lies Road the night of September 12, 1972?