From the Louisville, Kentucky, Herald, April 18, 1979:
The body of a 20-year-old woman who worked as a nude dancer was discovered this morning by her boyfriend, who wept when he saw her butchered remains and immediately called police. The victim, Kristine Pasquale, who worked at the nearby Swinger’s Rendezvous Bar, had been slashed to death and dismembered, and police who viewed the remains of the attractive blonde were shocked and stunned. Sergeant James Ruley, one of the first officers to arrive at Miss Pasquale’s bloodsoaked apartment, told reporters: “Bar none, the worst crime upon a woman I’ve ever seen, and you can quote me on that. It’s either going to be an open-and-shut case, or a toughie, because Miss Pasquale was, if you follow my drift, not exactly a blushing flower. I busted her for prostitution myself when I worked Vice, and the Swinger’s Rendezvous, the joint where she worked, is a notorious criminal gathering place. My guess right off the top of my head is that her killer was a longtime known associate, or she wouldn’t have buzzed him up to her pad. She was a street-smart girl, and choosy about her tricks.”
Miss Pasquale’s body was removed, and her apartment was sealed off. Forensic technicians went to work, and Miss Pasquale’s boyfriend, David Komondy, 27, the bouncer at Swinger’s Rendezvous, was questioned and released. No clues were discovered at the apartment, and eight hours later, Dr. Winton Walker, Assistant Medical Examiner for the City of Louisville, announced his findings:
“Miss Pasquale was raped, then murdered. The cause of death was massive trauma and loss of blood, caused by a severed throat. More details will be released later.”
Meanwhile, Louisville police are swarming over the porn district, looking for what Sergeant Ruley called “a very angry man.”
Follow-up report on Louisville Homicide # 116-79, 4-18-79, filed on 4-27-79 by Det. Sergeant J. M. Ruley, Badge 212, Louisville Police Department, Homicide Division. Titled “Progress Report, Rape/Murder — Pasquale, Kristine Michelle,” it was distributed to all Louisville detective units on 4-28-79.
PROGRESS REPORT:
Rape/Murder — Pasquale, Kristine Michelle, D.O.D. 4-18-79.
Note: This report updates previously filed Crime Scene reports, M.E.’s reports, Canvassing and Interview reports, Sex Offender reports, Property reports and Detective’s log sheets. (See case file # 116-79 under those designations.) This is my first summary report, filed as the catching officer.
Gentlemen:
Updating # 116-79, now ten days old. The victim was raped, the victim’s throat was slashed while the perpetrator held a pillow over her head. He cut off her arms and legs with a different instrument than the knife the throat wound was made with (see Cr. Sc. Rpt. # 116-79 for det.). No weapons found at scene or n surrounding area. We are looking for: 1 — Sharp-bladed hunting knife, blade 7" long, possibly “Buck” brand (all knives of this type confiscated from arrestees or found on male suspects during field interrogations should be given chemical tests to determine presence of blood, & detain all suspects). 2 — Hacksaw, with teeth approx. 1/32", also sharp. Force of incisions indicates strong man. Recent sales of above being checked out. Also on suspect — he may have O+ blood (I say may because semen found in victim’s vagina secretor O+ and abrasions indicate forced entry. However — victim was known prostitute & given killer’s caution in other matters, he may have had smarts to wear a condom). (Note: Victim’s pimp-lover said deceased was on pill, but sometimes asked tricks to use condom. No other semen found in vag. vault, so this may not be conclusive.)
Known associates — nothing so far (see # 116-79 Interviews, # 116-79 Log Sheets).
Canvassing — ditto — see # 116-79 Canvassing.
Property — inventory with boyfriend indicates nothing stolen, narcotic substances (cocaine, hashish) confiscated.
Physical evidence — interesting, pointing to smart killer. Prints eliminated by cross checks with K.A.’s — none unexplained. No blood tracks leading down to street floor, no prints on buzzer killer probably used to gain entrance to apt: Lack of above point out my personal reconstruction:
The victim, with nine prev. arrests for prostitution and known to be very cautious, would have buzzed up only three types of men — policemen, pimps & boyfriends or customers. Eliminating the first two (pimp & old boyfriends cleared — see # 116-79 Interviews), that leaves customers. I reconstruct the killing as being perpetrated by a former John harboring a long-term grudge, who carried a spare set of clothes up to the apartment, wearing gloves. Since most Louisville-area deviates have been or are now being questioned, and there are no similar killings on the books, I am directing my efforts toward questioning local prostitutes and men convicted of and arrested for soliciting indecent acts. Patrol & other officers with knowledge of possible suspects should contact me at H.Q. Div. Ext. 409.
Let’s get him!
From the Evanston, Illinois, Eagle, May 8, 1979:
A group of rubbish dumpers made a ghastly discovery this morning when they hauled their trash over to an empty stretch of the city dump site on Kingsbury Road. It was a dead man, spread-eagled on the ground. Congealed blood was staining the dirt by his head. Mrs. Katherine Daniel, the only woman in the group, fainted, and her husband, Mr. Daniel Daniel, of Muirfield Road in Evanston, revived her while their neighbor, Mr. Jason Granger, ran to summon police.
They arrived soon after, and determined that the dead man had been shot in the head. His pockets had been turned out, and at this early point in their investigation they think robbery may be the motive for the killing.
But right now their most pressing problem is identifying the deceased. The man is described as Caucasian, approximately thirty years old, six feet two and one hundred and ninety pounds, dark brown hair and hazel eyes. Anyone having information on missing men who match that description should contact the Evanston Police Department.
Memorandum submitted on 5/11/79 by Captain William Silbersack, Chief of Detectives of the Evanston Police Department, to Thomas Thyssen, Chief of Police.
Memo:
Sir—
Here’s the update on the Kingsbury Road homicide you requested. First, we got an ID on the decedent. He’s Robert Willard Borgie, W.M., D.O.B. 6/30/51, 6'2", 193, brown & hazel. Address: The board and care home at 814 Kingsbury. (Four blocks from the dump.)
Borgie was mentally retarded. He’d go anywhere with anybody, and he used to wander off for days at a time, which accounts for the delay in making the ID (the supervisor at the home came forward when she saw a T.V. spot on the homicide). She told Sgts. Lane and Vecchio that Borgie used to hook up with homosexuals, and had oral sex with them for money. He would allegedly trust anyone.
As per the coroner’s report: Borgie was shot in the mouth with a .38. The one shot caused his death. We got a break on the spent shell the M.E. took out of his skull — the striations were extreme, and the shot could only have been fired by a .38 snub-nose with a badly aligned barrel and cylinder housing. Naturally, I’ll run a Ballistics Bulletin statewide.