Birth
13 Jul 1961, Indiana

Death
22 Dec 1982, Putnam County, Indiana

Tragically, John Roach was one of the victims of Chicago’s serial murderer, Larry Eyler who was convicted of murdering 21 young men and boys between 1982 and 1984 and sentenced to death by lethal injection, died of AIDS-related complications in 1994 while incarcerated on death row. He was known as “The Highway Killer” as many of his victims were discovered close to the Interstate Highway and is also known to have killed an additional 20 more young men and boys.

On December 22, 1982, 21-year-old named John Roach, whose body had been found close to Interstate 70 in Putnam County that day was noted to have striking similarities in the injuries inflicted upon Roach and Agan; again, noting multiple stab wounds to the victim’s abdomen, upper chest and throat, suggesting an overt rage exhibited by the perpetrator.