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12A- THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR- SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 1983 Profiles death at the hands of a white male in his late 20s or early 30s, authorities believe. A common laborer, this man doesn't mind getting dirty and may even like it as a macho symbol to the world, because inwardly he worries about his attraction to other men. Looking like a tough guy is im-nnrtant to him. As a laborer, he has Petree Davis Brotzge Baker Taylor Roach McNeive Riley a ride. A Hendricks County farmer discovered his body two days later.

Buried in a shallow, but conspicuous grave, he was stabbed about 30 times. Continued From Page 1 lain some for weeks or more have given away few clues. The cases are frustrating to solve because much of the evidence is contradictory. While there have been more than 25 unnatural deaths linked to the gay community in the past decade, police have focused on the eight recent cases. There are some predominant patterns.

In addition to associations with the homosexual community, all were found with some article of clothing missing. All lacked so-called "defensive" wounds, indicating there was little struggle or that each was prevented from fighting his attacker. IN EVERY other pattern there is a variation. Seven victims were white; one was black. Of the eight Indianapolis men, only two were found in Marion County.

One of those was in his bedroom of his home; the others were left along rural roadsides. Three victims were strangled and two stabbed. Not even experts have been able to determine how the three others died. So. police are turning to the shadowy clues left by the minds of the killers.

The preliminary FBI profiles obtained by The Indianapolis Star were developed by studying the deaths of three of the victims: Delvoyd Lee Baker A decent, athletic, likable 14 year-old. Baker, of the 600 block of West 29th Street, was found in October developed a strong, muscular upper body. Being with other tough guys is important to him. A heavy beer drinker, he probably frequents redneck bars. BUT HE is in a homosexual panic, always afraid someone will think he's homosexual, ready to defend himself at the slightest mention that he may be one.

As a result, he has an outward hatred for gays. And he kills what he hates the most. Indeed, in both murders, investigators were quick to see the vicious-ness with which he slashed his bound victims. When it was over, he tried to hide his passion by covering the victims with leaves and dirt. He even had a shovel to use in the second murder.

How confident are detectives with the profiles? They regard them as an investigatory tool. If anything, the profiles increase their desire to solve the cases to see how closely they will match. OTHER PROFILES could have See PROFILES Page 13 County ditch. He had been strangled. The night before, he had ridden his bicycle to the downtown area without much money.

When he called home at 10:30 p.m. to tell his parents he would be late because he was going to a movie, they wondered how he got enough money. He earned it by "hustling" (engaging in male prostitution), sources say. A 47-year-old ex-con who was arrested admitted paying the boy $20 after taking him to a Southside motel. The man was later cleared of the murder but charged with child molesting.

Later, the name surfaced of another Marion County man who may have also picked up Baker. That man was questioned about the murder, but refused to talk to grand jury investigators. John L. Roach Roach, 21. 221 E.

9th was last seen around Dec. 20, 1982. Planning to spend Christmas with his girl sell his blood again at a donor clinic. Cheerful and energetic, caught up in the pace of the holiday season, he hurriedly left his downtown apartment at 9:30 a.m. On Dec.

29, his body was found by hunters in a Putnam County field stabbed 2025 times in his abdomen, upper chest and throat. He had hustled the streets for less than six months, friends say. and did it only for the money. Daniel Scott McNeive McNeive, 22. 343 S.

Lyons was a handsome, honest and hardworking young man. His temporary labor job kept him strong. Though he lived with his older brother, he was capable of taking care of himself. At a young age, however, he developed a taste for alcohol that had to be satisfied no matter what the condition of his wallet. He was arrested just one week before he was last seen May 7, leaving a Westside bar with a man who had offered him ALTHOUGH FAIRLY intelligent, the killer has difficulty expressing thoughts.

Perhaps he is ashamed of them because he may have an unnatural sexual longing for children not necessarily a female child, but a young male, such as Baker, according to the profile. He knows he needs help but is too ashamed of himself to seek it, so he hides within. He has considered turning himself over to police as a way to get the help. A confession may reveal he didn't want to kill Baker, but things got out of hand. The killer probably realized Baker was at an age where he confided in friends; if Baker did, that would have ruined the killer's life.

Since the murder, the killer has had sex with other young males and has some child pornography hidden away. THAT PROFILE is completely unlike that of the second killer, the one who is believed to have slain McNeive and Roach. They met their THE FBI experts spent a day at the Marion County Public Safety Training Academy at 10th Street and Post Road with the files on those victims. They were given only facts about how each body was found, age, race and what killed each victim. Based on information from FBI studies in other murders, the agents told local detectives that they could expect Baker's killer to be 45 years old and overweight from living a comfortable middle-class life afforded by a good, solid job.

He is outwardly normal in all appearances. He is likely to be married, but it is just for show. There is little, if any intimacy between him and his wife; they probably sleep in separate beds. friend, he was upset about having no money to buy Christmas gifts not enough time had passed for him to 1982 in a southeastern Hamilton Gays think not Agencies' handling of 8 males' deaths fair, lawmen insist heavy case load and the increasing pressure of criticism from the city's gay community. "I don't know of any lack of cooperation among police agencies," said Deputy Chief Donald J.

Okey of the local sheriff's department. "There might be a little trouble in pooling information and I think the task force will help that." PRIVATELY, some investigators were disappointed that the first meeting did not establish a lead police agency or a committee among the agencies to coordinate the investigations. Also not designated was a central repository for secondary analyses of crime scene evidence, which would be crucial in examinations of fiber evidence and microscopic tissue. Detectives from the various agencies, working mostly on their own, have talked to hundreds of gays and pored over arrest reports and inter-department memos of violent sex crimes in the hope of developing leads. Stanley E.

Berg, publisher of The Works magazine and owner of The Body Works spa, 303 N. Senate has an understanding of the news-making machinery. IN A NEWS conference sparked by the recent deaths, Berg and Editor Tom E. Green Jr. have asked to review the files on each death; to have IPD establish a liaison with the gay commmunity; and to have the police department hire gay policemen.

They have suggested someone be called to the scene when a body is found in order to help detectives understand certain clues. But while he is critical of investigators. Berg concedes, "While we listen in amazement to police misconceptions of gays and their lifestyles, we must also admit that we have not been too helpful to them in the past." "Do we need a better understanding of the gay community to help investigate these deaths? I'm not sure we do," says Deputy Chief Ward $29to39 2 each 8 25 off Could better cooperation among police agencies and better under standing of the Indianapolis gay community have speeded the investigation of the deaths of eight young men? Publicly, police agencies defend their work on the slayings. A task force has been formed, a move that should assure new information about the unusual string of deaths will be shared as quickly as it is accumulated. As to the suggestion that I they may not react as quickly to a murder connected with gay law enforcement officials insist that each murder investigation is handled with equal concern.

BUT THE gay community questions the attitude police have in dealing with a lifestyle of which they may not approve. "They have no knowledge of the gay life, of a gay person's feelings, emotional or mental stress. And gays go through a lot of mental stress because the rest of society doesn't accept them." said Ron E. Henry, gay community spokesman and former publisher of Hot Type magazine. Many homicide investigators proceed there from the vice squad, where arrests of male hustlers are common.

Gays ask if dealing only with the criminal side of homosexuality ingrains a sense of prejudice against all gays. "WHEN I was in the vice branch, two men engaged in sex was sodomy and they could be taken to jail But as far as being prejudiced against gays. I don't think so." said Robert L. Ward, deputy chief of investigations for the Indianapolis Police Department. Another investigator, currently working on one of the deaths, said, "Personally I don't really like being around those people, but as far as being prejudiced.

I don't think so." Detective Sgt. Jerry W. Schemen-aur of the Marion County Sheriff's Department is investigating three of the deaths. "I've learned it is very difficult to get information from some of these individuals. Several gays don't like to talk to police and we don't know if they're lying or not." HE ADDED, "I've gained quite a bit of knowledge, more than when I started out.

My attitude's not changed. A homicide is a homicide." The sheriff's department has assigned five detectives to follow leads on a full-time basis in the death of Michael A. Riley, 22, 4606 Garvok Court. Riley, who was seen in a gay bar but is not believed to be homosexual, disappeared from a Broad Ripple nightclub May 28 and was found dead a week later in Hancock County. Technically.

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"The more people at the scene, the more confusion. We have enough problems with police on the scene." Lawmen will admit that police and gays have not always been on the best of terms. But Ward pointed out that two city police detectives assigned to investigate the gay murders have conducted more than 300 interviews with gays in the past two years. When an Indianapolis man was found strangled in his home in August 1981, flyers with the victim's picture were circulated throughout gay bars and spas by sheriff's Detective Sgt. Carold G.

Baker. STILL, SOME gays feel the police have not gone far enough in their effort to work with them. And Keith A. Beaven, a 26-year-old unsuccessful City-County Council candidate, agrees. "Through raids on the parks and bookstores, videotaping downtown, they give the impression that they think all gays are hustlers and prostitutes One percent of the gay population is involved in illegal acti-vites like the straight population." STORE KEY CS-Costleton Square, IS-lafayette Squore, WS-Washington Square, GP-Greenwood Pork.

Some intermediate markdowns may have been token. No mail or phone orders. This symbol indurates budget departments. ONCE A pattern in the deaths became obvious and it really didn't until this past fall, after four of the eight deaths occurred detectives from 13 agencies met in May to create a task force through which information could be exchanged in an orderly, quick manner. As the investigation continues, police work under the burden of having to travel to several counties where the bodies were found, a Remember, Fathers' Day is Sun June 19...

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