Post by Scumhunter on Feb 16, 2017 18:36:01 GMT -5
(Above photo credit: Unsolved Mysteries Wikia)
From Unsolved Mysteries Wikia:
Real Name: Jay Given
Nicknames: No known nicknames
Location: East Chicago, Indiana
Date: May 15, 1981
Case
Details: Jay Given was a politically-minded city attorney who had helped elect Robart Pastrick as mayor of East Chicago in 1970, but over time, they had a falling out. In 1981, Pastrick was running for re-election, supported by Hispanic-Americans, against county commissioner N. Atterson Spann, supported by the local black and white community. Given attended Spann's fund-raiser at the East Chicago Elks Club, but as he was heading out, he was shot and killed point-blank to the head not far from over four hundred witnesses.
Detectives found a .45-caliber shell casing and a bullet in their investigation. Detective Paul DiCharia locked the evidence in his desk, but four days later, he noticed someone had drilled a hole through the casing to keep it from being matched to a gun. The only people who had access were the other officers, but despite the damage, it was tied to a rare Detonics 1911-style combat Master hand gun. Such a gun was traced to deputy chef John Cardona who had attended the fund-raiser and was a member of a Spanish-speaking political group at odd with Given.
Cardona never explained why he was at the Elks Club, and despite claiming to be at the bar at the time of the shooting, no one could place him there. Furthermore, his description matched a man seen arguing with Given. Failing a polygraph test, Cardona refused a second exam and was later dismissed from the police department, later moving out of state. Police are now looking for witnesses to the murder. They are trying to identify three men who were coming down the stairs in close proximity to the shooting when given was murdered.
Suspects: John Cardona is an obvious suspect in the case. Although the gun type was linked to Cardona, no one could place him at the location of the murder. He himself reported his Detonics hand gun had been stolen. At the time Givens was killed, five people were coming down that stairway of the Elks Club. None of them have been identified.
Extra Notes: This segment originally ran on the January 5, 1994 episode.
Results: Unsolved
unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Jay_Given
Official Unsolved Mysteries website page on case: unsolved.com/archives/jay-given
Thoughts? Jay Given's murder has never been aired on America's Most Wanted to the best of my knowledge. However, this thread is being placed in unsolved on tv since as noted above, the case has aired on Unsolved Mysteries.
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