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My name is Donald DiMaggio and I own Genetic Genealogy Researchers LLC. Is this case still open and were there any DNA evidence collected? If there were DNA evidence collected can I assume it did not match anyone in state or federal databases?
My company is most interested in using any DNA evidence to attempt identifying the criminal(s) through genetic genealogy research.
Thank you,
GeneticGenealogyResearchers@yahoo.com
386-383-9807
Yes! This case continues to be unsolved.
To this day it bothers me, I was the last busboy to leave that Monday night and was never questioned by anyone if I had seen anything out of the normal. I knew John and Paul was my boss and I found out about the shooting the next day when I went through the lunch line at high school.
Hi Larry! I’m Tina, Paul Rayer’s granddaughter. I can’t believe they didn’t ask you any questions. Wow! The whole thing has bothered me as well. So frustrating, and sad. Wish I could’ve had the time with him😢.
Praying for justice for both of these men!
Has anybody acknowledged Paul Rayer’s relative, Tina F.? It seems like she has something to talk about. Even if it pans out to nothing, she has been affected by this too. My condolences to both families.
Praying they solve this murder uncle Jack.
Your niece,
Lori P.
I am Paul Rayer’s Granddaughter and I pray they will solve this case someday too!! 😢
Hello Tina, we will keep praying!
I am Sandy his oldest sister i pray they find soon
Hi mama! Yes we will keep praying they solve this!
Uncle John, mom and I still visit your gravesite. We place flowers and say prayers. We wish we could bring you justice. I don’t know where else to turn for answers. But I can tell you we will never forget you. We love you!
Again, I am Paul Rayer’s granddaughter, the other deceased murdered victim in this unsolved case. Recently, I spoke again to a good friend of my deceased grandfather, and whether you would believe this or not, he was very close to my grandfather, Paul Rayer, and after he was murdered, this man had dreams of Paul sitting on the end of his bed and telling him that it was a station wagon and it was either light blue or gray, and he had the license plate very vivid in his head, but after going to the police/FBI, he tried to remember it and asked them to hypnotize him to get the license plate number back in his head for evidence to check it out. They were not interested he said. It wouldn’t have hurt at least checking it out! There were no other closer leads back then that I have heard of. Anyway, I just spoke to him again last month regarding my grandfather and we talked of his past memories with him again. He is a very sweet man and loved my grandfather dearly. To this day, he wishes they would have hypnotized him to at least TRY to recover the license plate number…you never know. I have wanted to do something about this mystery since I was a young girl and I remember telling my grandmother, Paul’s wife, you have to contact Unsolved Mysteries, Grandma! We need to find out who did this! I wish too that there was something else I could do to help solve this!
I am glad so many Have not forgotten my dear brother. Mom and I were there at the funeral, it was such a shock, I couldn’t believe it happened to my dear brother. I am older now and have medical problems, so I would love seeing it resolved before I go home to be with Jesus!
Hello! I’m a granddaughter of the other deceased man, Paul Rayer, in this case. I would love to speak with you, Cindy Chevalier, regarding this case. I called the phone numbers above to try to get a phone number for you, but the police dept. did not help me very much. I was transferred many times and finally to an area without much ambition to help me get in contact with you. Maybe you can email me if you see this. Or I’d love to talk to you, Mr. Kerns. I’ve also always wanted to help solve the death of my grandfather! I may or may not have a bit of information to share. Tina
Raytel88@att.net
I have never stopped hoping Jack’s murder will be resolved. I think of him often and the fun we had as kids. His other half brothers and sister do too. He and I have the same mother and dad and had a great childhood. Sandy Price
Dear Uncle John I never new you because my mom was just a little girl when you died. I wish we could find the people who did this to you so everyone could be at ease. She always tells stories about you so that makes us feel close to you. Cindy we don’t know each other but my mom is your mom’s youngest half sister Lori
Dear Officer Stephens, mom and I placed flowers on your grave and flowers on yohr daughter’s.Mom continues to talk about you and how much you look like my grandpa. I wish I would have gotten to know you. I think of you, though Ive never met you. I was a little girl when you passed away. I am at a stand still. I dont know who else to talk to. I have on several occasions gone to the C.B. stations, only to leave feeling like no one cares. I dont know what to do. But please know, you might be gone, but you are not forgotten by your half sister, my mom
and me. We love you.
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Officer Stephens, I took my mom, your half sister to your gravesite today to lay flowers. We hope your case is left opened to be solved. I am doing my best in contacting who I need to contact, but no one seems to want to help. I hope someone remembers something or someone and comes forward with info. Please know we think of you often.
Officer Stephens, i just took my mom to your grave site to place flowers and say a prayer. We continue to pray for justice. I just wish someone could help me since i dont know where else to turn. Please know my mom, your half sister always talks about when she first met you.
I am the cousin to my Uncle John’s son Ricky Stephens. Although I was only 8 and the same age as Ricky at the time of his murder, I remember so vividly. I remember my Dad ,Bernard Huey, who was a fellow police officer working so hard to try and find his murderers. I can remember listening to my Dad talking to men in our kitchen, going over all the evidence and trying desperately to solve this tragic murder. I am so sorry that this is still an unsolved case. I wish we had the technology back then that we do now. I know that the case was reopened at one time….what ever came with that? Uncle John was such a cool guy and I have many fond memories of him….he really does deserve justice.
So sorry. Bless his family and friends.
Mr. Dougherty, my mother is your brother’s half sister. I would love to talk to you.I have been doing whatever I can to help find out about Office John Stephens death. My mother, his half sister thinks of him all the time. Thanks to Ms. Connolly we were able to find his gravesite. We visit and lay flowers at his site as well as his daughter’s. When his death occurred, I was very little and ill. My mom couldn’t attend his funeral; however, she always tells the story of how John came to their house looking for my mom’s dad, who was also his dad. I have many questions and did go to CB police dept., but it seemed like no one wanted to listen to me.
I miss my brother jack I’ll never get over that horrible day Dec 5 1967 I hope I get closure before I die
Thanks for writing, Cind. I’ll follow up with this with the Council Bluffs PD and get back to you. Also, if you have any additional info or photos you’d like to share, we’d be happy to include them on John’s page. Feel free to contact me directly at: jody at iowacoldcases.org
Hello,
I’ve lived in CB all my life just a mile or so from the “64 club”. Actually, where “Fareway” is was once an old gas station. The 64 club was just a little way up the road from Fareway and on the opposite side. It seems like it was razed in mid-nineties. It is now known as “64 Estates” and is a cul-de sac of about 15 houses.
Have they ever found any evidence in the John stephens case? My mother is his half -sister. Do they have any leads or do we know if the perps are dead already?
Thank you