MURDER
CASE #: 1983-35
Kimberly Dawn McClaskey
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Open
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Offense Location:
London Mills, Illinois
Summary:
Kimberly McClaskey was 17-years-old on July 14, 1983 when she disappeared near London Mills, Illinois. She was 8-months pregnant. Kimberly was last seen hitchhiking on Route 116 near London Mills. Her belongings were later found in the Spoon River and a skull was located in a field in rural Fulton County in 1989. Police identified the skull as Kimberly McClaskey using DNA technology in 2006. The circumstances of her death remain unknown.
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William Charles Reinbold is considered a person of interest in this investigation. Reinbold has an extensive criminal history including an arrest as a 17-year-old in Elgin, Illinois in 1970. On 04-01-1970, he followed a nurse, Ann Ward, as she walked S/B on Route 31, before approaching her from behind, striking her on the head, and dragging her into a culvert where he attempted to remove her clothing and stabbed her 45 times with a pocket knife. He also took her purse. He served 5 years in prison for that case. Upon his release in May of 1975, Reinbold moved back to Elgin where he was a suspect in multiple blunt instrument attacks, bleach attacks, paint and motor oil attacks, and hit-and-run incidents involving young, female victims in the Elgin area between 1975 and 1977 before moving to Harrisburg, Illinois. He also is a suspect in the murder of 16-year-old Lori Jean Bolger. Lori was found beaten to death and dumped in a field near Randall Road in Elgin on June 22, 1976. On July 27, 1977, Reinbold was the last person seen with 15-year-old Beth Ann Headrick before she disappeared. He was arrested for contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and released. Reinbold then moved to California. In December of 1977, Beth Ann's body was found in a field approximately 1 mile from her home. Reinbold remains a suspect in her case. Reinbold lived in northern California from the fall of 1977 to approximately 1981. During his time in California, Reinbold was a suspect in multiple incidents involving young women. On August 31, 1980, Diane Rodriguez was walking in Lake Tahoe when an unknown person approached her from behind and beat her over the head before dumping her in a nearby wooded area. She survived and was unable to identify her attacker. Reinbold was in the area riding his motorcycle and was listed as a suspect, but never charged. He also was arrested for squirting motor oil on several women, for burglarizing a girl's car at a high school, and for beating Debbie Chessie with a tire iron in a parking lot, however that case was later dismissed. Reinbold then moved back to Illinois living in the Canton area. Upon his return to Illinois, Reinbold became acquainted with 17-year-old Kimberly McClaskey who disappeared near London Mills, Illinois on June 16, 1983 and he is a person of interest in her case. While in Illinois, he frequented the Peoria, Galesburg, and Canton area as well as nearby eastern Iowa. Then, on December 26, 1988, Reinbold abducted 21-year-old Mary Clark from a laundromat in Farmington, Illinois. He beat her to death and dumped her body in a field. He was convicted for the abduction and murder of Mary Clarke and is currently serving a life sentence.
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Timeline of Events
Skull is identified as Kimberly McClaskey
Subject informs police about the skull that was found in 1989.
Sometime in approximately 1989, a subject finds a skull in a field in rural Fulton County near Mt. Piscah. Believing it to be a Native American skull, the person keeps the skull.
Kimberly McClaskey is reported missing by her family.
Fishermen discover clothing and other belongings for Kimberly McClaskey in the Spoon River.
Kimberly McClaskey last seen hitchhiking near London Mills along IL Route 116.
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