Global InformationMurders of John Brandenburg and Keith Bibbs information
John Ingram Brandenburg Jr. and Keith Lavell Bibbs were two young murder victims formerly known as the Newton County John Does whose remains were discovered by mushroom foragers in Lake Village, Newton County, Indiana, on October 18 and 19, 1983.[1] Both victims were discovered alongside two other murder victims whose bodies were identified within months of their discovery. All four were victims of serial killer Larry Eyler.[2]
Numerous efforts were made to discover the identity of these decedents, including forensic genealogy and forensic facial reconstructions generated by a forensic anthropologist which depicted how each decedent may have appeared in life. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children also created detailed composite drawings of the decedents,[3][4] who were individually known as Adam and Brad; names given by Newton County coroner Scott McCord decades after their murders in an effort to individualize and humanize the victims.[1][5]
In April 2021, Brad was identified as Brandenburg Jr., a Kentucky native who disappeared from Chicago in 1983.[6] Adam was identified in July 2023 as Bibbs who, like Brandenburg, had resided in Chicago at the time of his murder.[7]
Brandenburg and Bibbs were collectively known as the "Newton County John Does" due to the name of the county in which their bodies were discovered.[8]
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- ^ "Larry Eyler Victims: Remains Found at IN farm in 1983 ID'd as Chicago Teen Slain by Serial Killer". abc7chicago.com. WLS-TV. July 27, 2023. Archived from the original on July 28, 2023. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
- ^ Kolarik & Klatt 1990, p. 144