On May 15, 1974, 13-year-old James McClister, a white child of American expatriates, was killed in Germany. The accused was 20-year-old U.S. Army serviceman David Edward Maust, who was stationed in Frankfurt at the time. Maust said the death occurred in an accident involving a stolen moped, but a military court convicted him of involuntary manslaughter and larceny and sentenced him to four years at Fort Leavenworth.

Maust’s record after release shows further violent crimes. In 1981 he murdered 15-year-old Donald Jones in Illinois; he was later prosecuted for that killing and received a 35-year sentence after a guilty plea. In 2003 three teenage boys were found dead in Maust’s Hammond, Indiana, basement; he pleaded guilty in 2005 and was given three consecutive life terms without parole. Maust died by suicide in his jail cell in January 2006.

Did anyone who knew James McClister or his family in Germany in 1974 have contact or memories to share about him or the case?