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Forsyth Ripper- unidentified serial killer,whose murders occurred during 1992-2002 wherein he killed 6 people.

The first victim was Jordan Palmy, a 26 year old man. He was last discovered jogging late at night, witnesses say. The next day early in the morning they found Palmy's head attached to a fence post. Later on that day, his body was found later under a tree. It was determined his throat was slashed deep to the bone before his head was taken off with what appeared to be a hacksaw, due to the markings on the victim's neck.

The killer's second victim was named Jackson Bremmen. He was a 56 year old grocery store worker, who often would walk along his backyard during the night as his way of calming down before going to bed. His wife, Karen, stated that when she woke up in the morning her husband was not in bed. Jackson's mutilated corpse was found three days after the killer's third victim, Jessie Breeler a 22 year old lady. Both victims were found hanging on branches from a tree. Both died due to having their throats slashed and Jackson's body found his penis severed and legs hacked up with strong deep slashes. Jessie's body was shown to have had deep slashes into the breast of the victim, but also shown her missing her tongue and one eye.

Police in Forsyth, Illinois launched a massive hunt for the killer during the spring of 1994 when it appeared that the community of Forsyth and neighboring town of Decatur pressed police on these horrific deaths. Little leads come up and left police with little clues.

The fourth victim, Kayla Nichols, disappeared in the early morning hours of July 19, 1995. Three days later, the horrific sight was found laying underneath a tree. Kayla had her legs cut into pieces and her throat slashed. Especially gruesome was the fact that her face was slashed beyond recognition. Police had to use dental records to confirm her identity.

The fifth victim, Jason Taylet, was found in the late hours of November 6th, 1997. He had his throat slashed and his fingers and toes severed where his body was found hung up in a tree.

Police continued to search for the killer with little amount of evidence as to who did these crimes, but also had some hang ups due to the police forces inept coverage of the crimes and contaminated crime scenes and evidence. The murders ceased for years until the spring of 2002. The sixth and final victim, Bryan Stevens a 66 year old man, differed from the previous murders. Stevens was killed in his house and was hacked up to near unidentifiable recognition. The killing strike was an axe hit to the head. His organs were crudely severed from the body and tossed all about the house.

Police were given a suspect by a witness who saw a man walking along the area of the night of Stevens' murder. The man was stated to have been walking around checking out houses acting suspiciously. This suspect was, Jonathan Queen, claimed he had no idea what was going on and also did not claim to know who Bryan Stevens was. Queen claimed he was sketching the area as he thought his ex girlfriend lived in the area. Queen was given a lie detector test and failed. Queen came clean that he planned to rob a nearby house as he needed money. Queen was also a suspect in an ex girlfriend's disappearance but no evidence was proven to have a connection with him. Queen was let go after questioning and no evidence to support he was the murderer. Footprints at the scene shown that the man wore a size 11 Nike shoe, which was the same size shoe as Queen's. Queen also was stated to have owned a pair of Nike's that had the same tread as the footprints, but police were unable to follow this up as Queen committed suicide shortly after being questioned.

The case went cold when blood from the scene was tested with Queen's blood, and found to be no match to him, but matched the victim's blood. Police still have no other suspects and have no new leads to the murders, especially since the crimes mysteriously stopped after 2002.