Memo To The Chicago Police Department and City of Chicago Mayor's Office

The father of a missing son is making a plea for Lieutenant Kevin Dillion with the Chicago Police Department to reinstate his son, Jesse Ross' information back into the NCIC data base.  For months Lt. Dillion has promised the family he'd take care of it, but, he hasn't done much of anything but offer lip service.  The family has contacted both the Chicago Police Department and the Mayor's Office for assistance.

This inaction translates into carelessness.  National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) stated they are waiting on Lt. Kevin Dillion to re-submit the information to NCIC before Jesse's information can be reinstated on their site and in their database.  Think about how long the family has been waiting for answers, nearly 5 1/2 years.  He vanished without a trace while attending a convention in Chicago and likely met with foul play.

I am hoping to appeal to someone's conscience in my hometown. When Bill Kurtis reported on this case on CBS Chicago, he said it's baffled police.  Wonder if any new leads have come in on this case, and if they have, are they being followed up!?

In addition, perhaps the Illinois State Police can also assist the family. If you have any information concerning missing persons from Illinois, contact the Illinois State Police Clearinghouse for Missing Persons at 1-800-U HELP ME (1-800-843-5763) or email missing@isp.state.il.us. Please be sure to include the missing person's name in your email message. Your name and information will be kept confidential.

Jesse Ross: Details of Disappearance

At 2:30 am, November 21, 2006 19 year old Jesse Ross walked out the door of a meeting room in a Chicago hotel and vanished into thin air. The clock stands still for his parents, friends and family who have spend the last five years wondering, “Where’s Opie?”

Jesse Ross was in Chicago with fellow students from the University of Missouri, Kansas City taking part in a Model UN Convention. Jesse, affectionately known as “Opie” (Jesse’s character name on a local radio station which was Opie Cunningham, taken from two popular Ron Howard characters, Opie Taylor and Richie Cunningham) was a communications major and an intern at a local radio station at the time of the trip to Chicago.

For the last five years Jesse’s friends and community have sponsored “Opiefest” to assist the Ross’ efforts to find Jesse. Five years has been spent handing out flyers, scouring the internet, submitting information to every missing persons organization and news outlet they could, yet the Ross’ are no closer to finding Jesse.Donald Ross, Jesse’s father, has just released the book, Where’s Opie: Vanished in Chicago, which is dedicated to disseminating information about Jesse, as well as all the missing and unidentified and the families who wait and hope for their return. Available on Amazon.

WEBSITE WITH MORE DETAILS:  FINDJESSEROSS.COM  

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The Case is registered with the CUE Center for Missing Persons.

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Susan Murphy Milano is a staff member of the Institute for Relational Harm Reduction and Public Pathology Education as a educator and specialist with intimate partner violence prevention strategies directing prevention for high risk situations and cases.

 A national trainer to law enforcement, training officers, prosecutors, judges, legislators, social service providers, healthcare professionals, victim advocates and the faith based community and author.. In partnership with Management Resources Ltd. of New York addressing prevention and solutions within the community to the workplace. Host of The Susan Murphy Milano Show,"Time'sUp!" . She is a regular contributor to the nationally syndicated "The Roth Show" with Dr Laurie Roth and a co-host onCrime Wire. Online contributions: Forbes : Crime, She Writes providing commentary about the hottest topics on crime, justice, and law from a woman’s perspective, as well as Time's Up! a blog which searches for solutions (SOS) for victims of crime Susan is also the daughter of a Chicago Violent Crimes detective who murdered her mother before committing suicide. 

Nicole DeYoung: Justice Interrupted in Will County

Nicole Marie DeYoung

In Will County, Illinois, in the town of Steger, a woman and her boyfriend, while sleeping
were murdered. A young boy also in the duplex was hiding and he was not harmed.

This case is disturbing.....

On April 5, 2003, there was no sign of forced entry, someone let themselves in with their own key.

In an interview a year later, according to the Police Chief " While police admit that they get no more than two homicides a year and that there is a high turnover rate among their detectives, Steger's police chief insists the department has worked hard on this case."
"We followed up on every lead that has come into this police department. We've chased down leads," Chief Richard Stulz told NBC5. "I believe we've done everything we could up to this point."

Steger is a small police department and at the time of the murders they were distracted, using resources to prosecute another case -- against their own, Sgt. Scott Osantowski, who was later cleared.

Had Steger police properly investigated this case they would know that the only person who had a key to the residence was Nicole's former boyfriend. He was angry over the couples break-up. And livid when Nichole began a new relationship.

According to witnesses prior to her death, he swore he would kill her.

He is the only one who knew the layout of the house. He knew her mother lived next door and had a short window of time to get in and out of the house.

This is a case that could have easily been solved. But justice was interrupted because of police negligence.

In Will County, there are other numerous cases where justice continue's to be interrupted.

I realize law enforcement and the state's attorney's office are overwhelmed with domestic violence, stalking, unsolved homicides and other family violence related crimes.
But, the crime is when you are paid to do a job and fail. Placing a band-aid over a boo-boo does not stop the bleeding. Steger Police failed the family. Proper investigation and prosecution of this and other cases is what is lacking in Will County.

This is a cold case, but the trail is still, very warm.

Perhaps the Illinois State Police will step in to re-open the case. Before this man murders someone else's "Mommy" or Daddy.