Jo-Jo-forbindelsen
Joseph (ja-ja) klokke
Joseph (ja-ja) klokke was fifteen when he disappeared on March 2, 1981. Two days after he had gone missing a co-worker of his, who worked at a popular seafood restaurant named Cap'n Peg's, told his manager that Jo-Jo had called him and told him he was 'almost dead.' The boy said Jo-Jo had pleaded for his co-worker to help him, before hanging up the phone. The manager reported the call to police. Several days later, Jo-Jo's mother received a call from a woman who said she had Jo-Jo. The same woman had called back and spoke with Mrs. Bell's two other children. Mrs. Bell immediately called the Task Force, who never contacted her back. Frustrated, she contacted the F.B.I., but it was too late. Jo-Jo was found on April 19, 1981 in the South River. His cause of death was 'probable asphyxia.'
Jo-Jo var knyttet til flere ofre på og uden for listen. Hans mor havde været ven med en kollega indsat, mens han tjente tid til at myrde sin mand. Den kvinde var tilfældigvis søsteren til Alfred Evans. Jo-Jo var gået til sommerlejr med Cynthia Montgomery, et myrdet offer, der ikke havde lavet listen, men kunne være forbundet til mange ofre, der havde lavet listen. Jo-Jo var også gode venner med Timothy Hill, en meget urolig ung mand med voldelige tendenser, der forsvandt elleve dage efter Jo-Jo. Han og Timothy Hill var kendt for at hyppigt et hus på Gray Street kendt som onkel Tom's. En tresogtres år gammel homoseksuel mand ved navn Thomas Terrell, der var kendt for at have en særlig interesse for unge drenge, ejede huset.
Timothy Hill
Timothy Hill, Jo-Jo's friend, disappeared that same month. Tom Terrell's next-door neighbor saw Timothy the day before he disappeared on March 12, 1981. A young man who had also known Timothy and Tom told police that the two frequently engaged in sex together. Tom would usually pay thirteen-year-old Timothy for sexual favors. Terrell himself admitted to police that he had engaged in sexual acts with the boy. Another witness reported to police that Timothy spent the night at Terrell's after missing his bus the day before he was reported missing. That same witness was the last to see Timothy. He claimed that the night before he disappeared, he saw from his window Timothy talking with a teenage girl.
Timothy blev fundet den 30. marts 1981 i Chattahoochee -floden. Han var det sidste børneoffer, der blev føjet til listen. Hans dødsårsag blev også opført som asfyksi. Terrell blev aldrig mistænkt i forsvinden eller mordet på Timothy eller Jo-Jo. Timothy blev senere knyttet til Alfred Evans, Jefferey Mathis, Patrick Baltazar og Anthony Carter.
Gennem den forfærdelige række af mord begyndte børnene at blive ældre. Floder blev også den foretrukne dumpingplads for ofrene. Pludselig var der ikke flere ofre for børn. Arbejdede de sikkerhedsuddannelsesprogrammer og udgangsforbud endelig? Eller var morderens smag simpelthen modnet?
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