Charles Golston, 63, was one of the victims in a string of violent home attacks in Milwaukee between July 1979 and April 1980. On January 25, 1980, he was brutally attacked inside his home and struck in the head with a claw hammer. A friend found him bleeding and unconscious; Golston survived the initial assault but never regained consciousness and died of his injuries on May 13, 1980. Because his death resulted from that January attack, it was counted among the homicides later attributed to David Allen Van Dyke.

Investigators linked a series of residential attacks by comparing fingerprints from the crime scenes with prints from burglary arrests. Van Dyke was arrested on May 23, 1980, after an attempted burglary; his fingerprints matched evidence from the homicides. He was questioned, reportedly confessed at times, and was charged with six counts of first-degree murder plus attempted murder and armed robbery. At trial in February 1981 the jury convicted him on all counts and imposed six life sentences and an additional 40 years.

Did anyone in Milwaukee at the time have direct knowledge of Golston’s life or the neighborhood where he lived?