George Morber Sr., an 80-year-old white man, was found shot in the head in his Gorham, Illinois, home on June 15, 1999. His daughter, 52-year-old Carolyn Frederick, was also found murdered at the scene, having suffered severe head trauma reported to have been inflicted with the same shotgun used on her father. Their house sat about 100 yards from the railroad tracks, a detail investigators linked to a broader pattern of killings near rail lines.

Authorities tied the killings to Rafael Resendez-Ramirez, a 39-year-old Mexican national who was allegedly hopping freight trains while committing violent crimes in multiple states. His fingerprints were found on Morber’s abandoned truck, later located in a Cairo, Illinois, school parking lot about 60 miles south of Gorham. He was charged in Illinois with murder and home invasion and with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution, and the FBI added him to its Ten Most Wanted list while offering a reward for information.

If anyone in the Gorham or Percy area recalls unusual activity near the tracks or saw a person matching that description around mid-June 1999, please share what was observed.