Billy was a victim of John Wayne Gacy. His date of death is unknown as he was identified by dental records.
This information is from a Chicago Newspaper
clipping that was found in some papers of my mother. She was a good friend to Billy's Mom, Lola Cook.
News Of Slain Friend Ends Tragic Search
by Joan Zyda
and Phillip Wattley
The News Hit her like a ton of bricks. But at least Mary Jo Paulus can stop her long agonizing search of Chicago for her boyfriend, Billy.
Her boyfriend, William Wayne Kindred, 19, who lived at 511 W. Melrose St., was identified Monday as the 17th of 33 murder victims attributed to John Gacy.
Kindred's body, found buried in a badly decomposed state last December under Gacy's house at 8213 W. Summerdale Av., in an unincorporated area south of Park Ridge, was identified from dental charts supplied by his mother of Harrison, Ohio.
Since Kindred was last seen on Feb. 16, 1978, Miss Paulus, of 4610 N. Springfield Av., who reported him missing to police, has been looking for him. On many nights, when she got off work as an office clerk, she would drive around the city, searching all possible places. For months she did that deciding not to give up until she found him.
"It just wasn't normal for somebody who loves you, and who you love, to just disappear into thin air," the 18-year-old woman said Monday night in her home, wiping away her tears with her hand. "Deep down inside I figured something was very, very wrong. I couldn't believe that he just up and left without a word."
Miss Paulus and Kindred became inseparable from the first day she met him in July, 1977, when he picked up her and a friend in his car while they were hitchhiking on the North Side.
She said he phoned her and visited her house every day to see her, "He was such a wonderful guy," she said. "We were in love, and we talked about getting married as soon as he found a decent job."
But one day in February 1978 when Kindred was supposed to go to her house for their nightly meeting, he disappeared, leaving his clothes and belongings behind in his New Town Apartment.
Police said they developed information that Kindred had been picked up by Gacy near Diversey and Broadway.
The only time Miss Paulus really felt fear was in December, 1978 when she read news reports that bodies of young men were being unearthed under Gacy's house.
"I cried and cried and couldn't stop." she said about hearing about Gacy. "It was like instinct. I figured Billy's got to be under that house too. Billy was young, handsome, muscular, and did odd jobs around the city, just like most of those victims. I even called Billy's sister and even told my mother that I felt Billy was under the house."
∼19 year old victim of serial killer John W. Gacy.
This information is from a Chicago Newspaper
clipping that was found in some papers of my mother. She was a good friend to Billy's Mom, Lola Cook.
News Of Slain Friend Ends Tragic Search
by Joan Zyda
and Phillip Wattley
The News Hit her like a ton of bricks. But at least Mary Jo Paulus can stop her long agonizing search of Chicago for her boyfriend, Billy.
Her boyfriend, William Wayne Kindred, 19, who lived at 511 W. Melrose St., was identified Monday as the 17th of 33 murder victims attributed to John Gacy.
Kindred's body, found buried in a badly decomposed state last December under Gacy's house at 8213 W. Summerdale Av., in an unincorporated area south of Park Ridge, was identified from dental charts supplied by his mother of Harrison, Ohio.
Since Kindred was last seen on Feb. 16, 1978, Miss Paulus, of 4610 N. Springfield Av., who reported him missing to police, has been looking for him. On many nights, when she got off work as an office clerk, she would drive around the city, searching all possible places. For months she did that deciding not to give up until she found him.
"It just wasn't normal for somebody who loves you, and who you love, to just disappear into thin air," the 18-year-old woman said Monday night in her home, wiping away her tears with her hand. "Deep down inside I figured something was very, very wrong. I couldn't believe that he just up and left without a word."
Miss Paulus and Kindred became inseparable from the first day she met him in July, 1977, when he picked up her and a friend in his car while they were hitchhiking on the North Side.
She said he phoned her and visited her house every day to see her, "He was such a wonderful guy," she said. "We were in love, and we talked about getting married as soon as he found a decent job."
But one day in February 1978 when Kindred was supposed to go to her house for their nightly meeting, he disappeared, leaving his clothes and belongings behind in his New Town Apartment.
Police said they developed information that Kindred had been picked up by Gacy near Diversey and Broadway.
The only time Miss Paulus really felt fear was in December, 1978 when she read news reports that bodies of young men were being unearthed under Gacy's house.
"I cried and cried and couldn't stop." she said about hearing about Gacy. "It was like instinct. I figured Billy's got to be under that house too. Billy was young, handsome, muscular, and did odd jobs around the city, just like most of those victims. I even called Billy's sister and even told my mother that I felt Billy was under the house."
∼19 year old victim of serial killer John W. Gacy.
Billy was a victim of John Wayne Gacy. His date of death is unknown as he was identified by dental records.
This information is from a Chicago Newspaper
clipping that was found in some papers of my mother. She was a good friend to Billy's Mom, Lola Cook.
News Of Slain Friend Ends Tragic Search
by Joan Zyda
and Phillip Wattley
The News Hit her like a ton of bricks. But at least Mary Jo Paulus can stop her long agonizing search of Chicago for her boyfriend, Billy.
Her boyfriend, William Wayne Kindred, 19, who lived at 511 W. Melrose St., was identified Monday as the 17th of 33 murder victims attributed to John Gacy.
Kindred's body, found buried in a badly decomposed state last December under Gacy's house at 8213 W. Summerdale Av., in an unincorporated area south of Park Ridge, was identified from dental charts supplied by his mother of Harrison, Ohio.
Since Kindred was last seen on Feb. 16, 1978, Miss Paulus, of 4610 N. Springfield Av., who reported him missing to police, has been looking for him. On many nights, when she got off work as an office clerk, she would drive around the city, searching all possible places. For months she did that deciding not to give up until she found him.
"It just wasn't normal for somebody who loves you, and who you love, to just disappear into thin air," the 18-year-old woman said Monday night in her home, wiping away her tears with her hand. "Deep down inside I figured something was very, very wrong. I couldn't believe that he just up and left without a word."
Miss Paulus and Kindred became inseparable from the first day she met him in July, 1977, when he picked up her and a friend in his car while they were hitchhiking on the North Side.
She said he phoned her and visited her house every day to see her, "He was such a wonderful guy," she said. "We were in love, and we talked about getting married as soon as he found a decent job."
But one day in February 1978 when Kindred was supposed to go to her house for their nightly meeting, he disappeared, leaving his clothes and belongings behind in his New Town Apartment.
Police said they developed information that Kindred had been picked up by Gacy near Diversey and Broadway.
The only time Miss Paulus really felt fear was in December, 1978 when she read news reports that bodies of young men were being unearthed under Gacy's house.
"I cried and cried and couldn't stop." she said about hearing about Gacy. "It was like instinct. I figured Billy's got to be under that house too. Billy was young, handsome, muscular, and did odd jobs around the city, just like most of those victims. I even called Billy's sister and even told my mother that I felt Billy was under the house."
∼19 year old victim of serial killer John W. Gacy.
This information is from a Chicago Newspaper
clipping that was found in some papers of my mother. She was a good friend to Billy's Mom, Lola Cook.
News Of Slain Friend Ends Tragic Search
by Joan Zyda
and Phillip Wattley
The News Hit her like a ton of bricks. But at least Mary Jo Paulus can stop her long agonizing search of Chicago for her boyfriend, Billy.
Her boyfriend, William Wayne Kindred, 19, who lived at 511 W. Melrose St., was identified Monday as the 17th of 33 murder victims attributed to John Gacy.
Kindred's body, found buried in a badly decomposed state last December under Gacy's house at 8213 W. Summerdale Av., in an unincorporated area south of Park Ridge, was identified from dental charts supplied by his mother of Harrison, Ohio.
Since Kindred was last seen on Feb. 16, 1978, Miss Paulus, of 4610 N. Springfield Av., who reported him missing to police, has been looking for him. On many nights, when she got off work as an office clerk, she would drive around the city, searching all possible places. For months she did that deciding not to give up until she found him.
"It just wasn't normal for somebody who loves you, and who you love, to just disappear into thin air," the 18-year-old woman said Monday night in her home, wiping away her tears with her hand. "Deep down inside I figured something was very, very wrong. I couldn't believe that he just up and left without a word."
Miss Paulus and Kindred became inseparable from the first day she met him in July, 1977, when he picked up her and a friend in his car while they were hitchhiking on the North Side.
She said he phoned her and visited her house every day to see her, "He was such a wonderful guy," she said. "We were in love, and we talked about getting married as soon as he found a decent job."
But one day in February 1978 when Kindred was supposed to go to her house for their nightly meeting, he disappeared, leaving his clothes and belongings behind in his New Town Apartment.
Police said they developed information that Kindred had been picked up by Gacy near Diversey and Broadway.
The only time Miss Paulus really felt fear was in December, 1978 when she read news reports that bodies of young men were being unearthed under Gacy's house.
"I cried and cried and couldn't stop." she said about hearing about Gacy. "It was like instinct. I figured Billy's got to be under that house too. Billy was young, handsome, muscular, and did odd jobs around the city, just like most of those victims. I even called Billy's sister and even told my mother that I felt Billy was under the house."
∼19 year old victim of serial killer John W. Gacy.
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