David Edward Maust
David Edward Maust
David Edward Maust
David Edward Maust
David Edward Maust
Briefing the media
Hammond Police Chief John Cory (center) joins Lake County, Ind.,
Prosecutor Bernard Carter (left)
and Lake County, Ind., Coroner David Pastrick (right) in announcing
murder charges against David
Maust during a news conference Thursday evening at Hammond police
headquarters.
(Tribune Photo by
Scott Strazzante / December 11, 2003)
An ordinary storefront
A trophy shop in south suburban Dolton where David Maust says he
worked for the last three years.
(Tribune Photo by Scott Strazzante
/ December 12, 2003)
Praying for victims
Ronald Hayes (left) leads a prayer vigil Thursday afternoon outside
the Hammond house
rented by David Maust, charged with the murder of a 16-year-old
neighborhood youth.
(Tribune Photo by Scott Strazzante
/ December 11, 2003)
A mother's fears
Lynn Smith holds a flyer with information about her missing son
James Raganyi, 16, who disappeared in September.
A search for Raganyi and two other teens led police to a house in
Hammond where three bodies were found.
(Tribune Photo by Scott Strazzante
/ December 10, 2003)
Seeking clues
Lake County (Ind.) Sheriff''s Deputy Dale Bock seeks evidence with
his search dog Ammo
outside the Hammond house where three bodies were discovered.
(AP Photo/The Times, Tasos Katopodis
/ December 11, 2003)
Excavating for evidence
A dump truck brought in by Hammond, Ind., police backs up to the
front of a home where investigators
were excavating the basement. By Wednesday evening, police reported
finding three bodies
buried under freshly poured concrete.
(Tribune photo by David Klobucar /
December 10, 2003)
Official business only
Police and other vehicles block off the rear of the Hammond, Ind.,
home where three bodies
were discovered interred in the basement.
(Tribune Photo by David Klobucar /
December 10, 2003)
Removing evidence
Michael Schmidt, evidence technician for the Hammond, Ind., Police
Department, removes two of 16 bags
of evidence from a home where investigators discovered three bodies
in the basement.
(Tribune photo by David Klobucar / December 10, 2003)
Human remains found
Authorities in Hammond, Ind., said a search for three missing
teenagers led them to a house where
they found three bodies buried beneath freshly poured concrete in
the basement.
(AP photo by Steve Matteo /
December 10, 2003)
Maust's home.
Maust's home.
Michael Dennis, 13, victim.
James Raganyi, 16, victim.