Dalton Mesarchik
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Dalton Mesarchik was a 7 year old boy from Streator, Illinois, who vanished from his enclosed front porch on Wednesday, March 26th, 2003. He was awaiting the arrival of a church bus, but that bus never came.
[edit] Dalton
Dalton Alexander Mesarchik was born April 29, 1995. He was the son of Michelle Mesarchik and George Scott, and lived in Streator, Illinois. Dalton was a first grade student at Centennial School and was a frequent attendee of the youth program at the First Church of the Nazarene. It is said that Dalton had a love for Harley Davidson motorcycles, riding his bicycle, art, and school.
[edit] The Murder
A fisherman discovered the 4'10", 65 pound body of Dalton at about 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 27, 2003, in the Vermillion River, near the Vermillion Boat Club south of Streator. After realizing what he discovered, the fisherman secured the body and contacted a passer-by, who then contacted police. Further forensic evidence proved a three-pound Benchtop Pro hammer to be the murder weapon. The type of Benchtop Pro hammer used has a metal head, a foot-long wooden handle and is sold exclusively at Kmart stores. To this day, the mystery remains unsolved.
