I have been following this case for years. It is a very cold case but there are possibilities for closure. There really is! Cold cases get solved too. Science advances, people get hooked into stories, it happens. I am really hoping this is one of those cases someday.
Has anyone thought to reach out to the family and cross reference familial DNA, with the DNA of unidentified Chicago Illinois Serial Killer John Wayne Gacy's Victim # 13?
The area of where Craig Conner was hanging out, was also an area known to be frequented by Serial Killer John Wayne Gacy in the mid 1970's.
What was ever made of the receipt? Did it lead investigators to any leads? Does the jacket still exsist I wonder? If so, do the police have custody of it? Could new advances in forensic evidence retrivel, reveal any clues?
Somewhere out there, someone knows something. With all the advances in technology, maybe a second crack at this case from a fresh team of eyes will lead to more answers.
Don't give up hope. Never give up hope.
Those are some great questions. I think it would be really cool when a baby is born their DNA goes into a national database. I know this may seem like a huge overstep for some but think of the possible cases that could be solved. The genetic tracing alone would be awesome. Nobody could really be 'lost'. And just another deterrent for monsters not to act like monsters and try to get away with it.
Craig Allen Conner, 23, disappeared from Chicago in October 1975. A former University of Arizona student, he was studying voice and piano at the Chicago Conservatory of Music, where he taught piano and had won the 1973 Conservatory Piano Competition of Chicago. At the time he lived in a New Town apartment with his piano instructor and was due to become a church music director.
When he vanished he left behind all personal effects in the apartment, including his briefcase and his pet dove. He had a plane ticket to visit family in New Mexico and a job interview in Colorado scheduled for November; neither trip happened and he never collected his conservatory diploma. Family members say he was having financial trouble and may have done sex work to get by.
Suspicion focused on his roommate and piano instructor, who reportedly flew into a rage when he learned Craig was taking lessons elsewhere; the instructor later returned Craig’s jacket with a receipt in the pocket dated two days after Craig was last seen. The instructor denied knowing what happened and died in 1978; he was never charged. Some have noted the timing and location overlap with victims of John Wayne Gacy, but no established connection exists.
Does anyone who knew Craig in Chicago in 1975 or who has information about his apartment, the instructor, or that receipt have details to share?
