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Jerry Michael Bayles Jr

Case from Indianapolis, IN dated Oct 03, 1970

Victim Details

Jerry Michael Bayles Jr

August 6, 2022

Male

White / Caucasian

Indianapolis

IN

1970-10-03

10

Jerry Michael

Bayles Jr

07/24/2026


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A 10 yr old newspaper boy is abducted and killed
In the pre-dawn hours of October 3, 1970, 10-year-old Jerry Michael 'Mike' Bayles Jr. embarked on his paper route for the Indianapolis Star, a task he had taken over for his older brother. It was a decision that set in motion a tragic chain of events that would end his young life. A Caucasian male with red hair, Mike was a fifth-grader at Nathanial Hawthorne School 50. That morning, after delivering only a couple of newspapers, he was abducted from South Harris Street in Indianapolis.

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