The Crime
Judith Mae Andersen, 15, was the only daughter of four children born to Ralph and Ruth Andersen of Chicago, Illinois. In August of 1957, weeks from her sixteenth birthday, she was shortly to begin her junior year at Chicago's Austin High School (today known as Austin Community Academy).
On August 16th, a Sunday night, Judy phones her mother at 11:00 pm to ask if she may stay later at her friend's house to finish watching a movie. Her mother says no, and Judy begins the 20-minute walk home alone, three quarters of a mile away.
She never arrives home.
On August 22, an oil drum is discovered in Chicago's Montrose Harbor. It contains body parts, but police are unable to identify the victim.
On August 24, another drum is found, containing a human head, two hands, and an arm. The body is positively identified as Judith Mae Andersen. She had been shot four times in the head.
No one was ever charged with her death.
Judith Mae Andersen, 15, was the only daughter of four children born to Ralph and Ruth Andersen of Chicago, Illinois. In August of 1957, weeks from her sixteenth birthday, she was shortly to begin her junior year at Chicago's Austin High School (today known as Austin Community Academy).
On August 16th, a Sunday night, Judy phones her mother at 11:00 pm to ask if she may stay later at her friend's house to finish watching a movie. Her mother says no, and Judy begins the 20-minute walk home alone, three quarters of a mile away.
She never arrives home.
On August 22, an oil drum is discovered in Chicago's Montrose Harbor. It contains body parts, but police are unable to identify the victim.
On August 24, another drum is found, containing a human head, two hands, and an arm. The body is positively identified as Judith Mae Andersen. She had been shot four times in the head.
No one was ever charged with her death.
The Crime
Judith Mae Andersen, 15, was the only daughter of four children born to Ralph and Ruth Andersen of Chicago, Illinois. In August of 1957, weeks from her sixteenth birthday, she was shortly to begin her junior year at Chicago's Austin High School (today known as Austin Community Academy).
On August 16th, a Sunday night, Judy phones her mother at 11:00 pm to ask if she may stay later at her friend's house to finish watching a movie. Her mother says no, and Judy begins the 20-minute walk home alone, three quarters of a mile away.
She never arrives home.
On August 22, an oil drum is discovered in Chicago's Montrose Harbor. It contains body parts, but police are unable to identify the victim.
On August 24, another drum is found, containing a human head, two hands, and an arm. The body is positively identified as Judith Mae Andersen. She had been shot four times in the head.
No one was ever charged with her death.
Judith Mae Andersen, 15, was the only daughter of four children born to Ralph and Ruth Andersen of Chicago, Illinois. In August of 1957, weeks from her sixteenth birthday, she was shortly to begin her junior year at Chicago's Austin High School (today known as Austin Community Academy).
On August 16th, a Sunday night, Judy phones her mother at 11:00 pm to ask if she may stay later at her friend's house to finish watching a movie. Her mother says no, and Judy begins the 20-minute walk home alone, three quarters of a mile away.
She never arrives home.
On August 22, an oil drum is discovered in Chicago's Montrose Harbor. It contains body parts, but police are unable to identify the victim.
On August 24, another drum is found, containing a human head, two hands, and an arm. The body is positively identified as Judith Mae Andersen. She had been shot four times in the head.
No one was ever charged with her death.
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