Edward Beaudion, 22, likely was killed in 1978 by a Missouri man named Jerry Jackson, who confessed to the murder but was never charged.
He graduated from Loyola University in spring 1978 and planned to start teaching third grade in the fall.
Edward disappeared after attending a wedding on July 23, 1978. The car he borrowed from his sister to get to the reception was found in Missouri on Aug. 15, 1978, in the possession of Jerry Jackson.
Jerry confessed that he killed Edward during a fight and dumped his body in an abandoned area off I-55. The body wasn't recovered.
April 2, 2008, the remains of a skeleton were found in the Black Partridge Woods in Lemont. the bones found in Lemont shared DNA with the samples submitted by Rodriguez and Louis Beaudion. On Feb. 26, 2014, the remains were confirmed to be those of Edward Beaudion.
A dig was conducted in Black Partridge Woods on April 1, 2014 and they discovered additional bones belonging to Beaudion. The Medical Examiner's Office concluded his death was a homicide by unspecified means.
Edward's remains were identified in 2014 as part of a Cook County Sheriff's office effort to ID victims of 1970s.
Father: Louis Beaudion
Mother died in 2001
He graduated from Loyola University in spring 1978 and planned to start teaching third grade in the fall.
Edward disappeared after attending a wedding on July 23, 1978. The car he borrowed from his sister to get to the reception was found in Missouri on Aug. 15, 1978, in the possession of Jerry Jackson.
Jerry confessed that he killed Edward during a fight and dumped his body in an abandoned area off I-55. The body wasn't recovered.
April 2, 2008, the remains of a skeleton were found in the Black Partridge Woods in Lemont. the bones found in Lemont shared DNA with the samples submitted by Rodriguez and Louis Beaudion. On Feb. 26, 2014, the remains were confirmed to be those of Edward Beaudion.
A dig was conducted in Black Partridge Woods on April 1, 2014 and they discovered additional bones belonging to Beaudion. The Medical Examiner's Office concluded his death was a homicide by unspecified means.
Edward's remains were identified in 2014 as part of a Cook County Sheriff's office effort to ID victims of 1970s.
Father: Louis Beaudion
Mother died in 2001
Edward Beaudion, 22, likely was killed in 1978 by a Missouri man named Jerry Jackson, who confessed to the murder but was never charged.
He graduated from Loyola University in spring 1978 and planned to start teaching third grade in the fall.
Edward disappeared after attending a wedding on July 23, 1978. The car he borrowed from his sister to get to the reception was found in Missouri on Aug. 15, 1978, in the possession of Jerry Jackson.
Jerry confessed that he killed Edward during a fight and dumped his body in an abandoned area off I-55. The body wasn't recovered.
April 2, 2008, the remains of a skeleton were found in the Black Partridge Woods in Lemont. the bones found in Lemont shared DNA with the samples submitted by Rodriguez and Louis Beaudion. On Feb. 26, 2014, the remains were confirmed to be those of Edward Beaudion.
A dig was conducted in Black Partridge Woods on April 1, 2014 and they discovered additional bones belonging to Beaudion. The Medical Examiner's Office concluded his death was a homicide by unspecified means.
Edward's remains were identified in 2014 as part of a Cook County Sheriff's office effort to ID victims of 1970s.
Father: Louis Beaudion
Mother died in 2001
He graduated from Loyola University in spring 1978 and planned to start teaching third grade in the fall.
Edward disappeared after attending a wedding on July 23, 1978. The car he borrowed from his sister to get to the reception was found in Missouri on Aug. 15, 1978, in the possession of Jerry Jackson.
Jerry confessed that he killed Edward during a fight and dumped his body in an abandoned area off I-55. The body wasn't recovered.
April 2, 2008, the remains of a skeleton were found in the Black Partridge Woods in Lemont. the bones found in Lemont shared DNA with the samples submitted by Rodriguez and Louis Beaudion. On Feb. 26, 2014, the remains were confirmed to be those of Edward Beaudion.
A dig was conducted in Black Partridge Woods on April 1, 2014 and they discovered additional bones belonging to Beaudion. The Medical Examiner's Office concluded his death was a homicide by unspecified means.
Edward's remains were identified in 2014 as part of a Cook County Sheriff's office effort to ID victims of 1970s.
Father: Louis Beaudion
Mother died in 2001
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