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John Johnson

Case from Lowell, IN dated Nov 05, 1982

Victim Details

Name

John Johnson

Gender

Male

City

Lowell

State

Date Of Death

1982-11

Age At Death

First Name

John

Last Name

Johnson

Last Updated

07/09/2026

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John R. F. “JJ” Johnson was a 25-year-old man whose life was cut short on November 1, 1982, in a killing that would not be fully understood until years later. In the last days of October, he disappeared from Chicago’s Uptown district, a neighborhood where a person could slip out of view without much immediate trace, and at first it looked like the kind of vanishing that might never produce a clear answer.

Nearly two months passed before the winter quiet broke. On Christmas Day 1982 ...

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John Johnson

Case from Lowell, IN dated Nov 05, 1982

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