There’s a new push to help identify the victims of a serial killer whose murders spanned several states, including Kentucky. And there’s a question of whether one of those victims could be a Lexington man missing for more than three decades.
Larry Eyler confessed to killing more than 20 young men back in the early 1980s in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Kentucky. Not all of Eyler’s victims have been found, but now, one organization is hoping the public can help identify some of the ones that have.
Sent to an Illinois prison for murder in 1986, Larry Eyler died behind bars. Among the more than 20 young men Eyler admitted to killing, four were found buried in Indiana. Two of those victims have been identified, the other two have not.
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A rendering of one, referred to as Brad Doe, has been circulated in the past. Now, the Facebook page Help ID Me has posted a new composite.
Once again, the name of a missing Lexington man has been brought up as one possible match. Last seen the night of March 27, 1982, investigators say 25-year-old James Thomas Kinskey was likely hitch-hiking when he disappeared.
Kinskey had a healed broken nose, the same as Brad Doe. And investigators have said the victim, possibly from Kentucky, was murdered the year after Kinskey went missing.
Newspapers and websites already link serial killer Larry Eyler to the murder of another Lexington man – 29-year-old Jay reynolds, a Transy grad killed March 22, 1983. His body was found in rural Fayette County near the Madison County line.
State police have never closed that case. For years, though, numerous newspapers and websites have linked Reynold’s death to Eyler. And, in 2010, an investigator was quoted in the Richmond Register as saying “KSP had a good lead on who Reynolds’ killer was,” but “the man died in prison before he could be brought up on charges.”
If you have any information on the identify of Brad Doe, you can reach out to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
