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Case Description
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On the evening of September 23, 1978, in Gary, Indiana, Lyman Wesley Bostock, a 27-year-old male professional baseball player for the California Angels, was killed. Following a game against the Chicago White Sox, Bostock had dinner with his uncle, Thomas Turner. Afterwards, they visited a woman Bostock had known since she was a teenager, Joan Hawkins. Turner then offered to give Hawkins and her sister, Barbara Smith, a ride to their cousin's house. Turner was driving, with Hawkins in the front p ...Read More
Victim Details

Lyman Wesley Bostock, Jr.

Male

Black / African American

Gary

IN

1978-09-23

27

Lyman

Wesley Bostock

12/16/2025