European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 19, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Stripes n n War a u i1-.,  2 leads in murder of Valerie Percy Here with father in 1964, Are fast dwindling. By Jim Disch Nana staff writer Tihe world wide manhunt for Al Valerie Jeanne Percy s killer maybe nearing a dead end after More than a year of investigation. Ninety five percent of All leads have been exhausted in an investigation which has touche four continents and thousands of people. The investigation grew from quiet suburban Kenilworth dl., when the 21 year old Honey blonde daughter of  h. Percy r-i11., was found stabbed and bludgeoned to death in the luxurious Percy Home on sept. 18, 1966. The 11-Man Kenilworth police Force was bolstered by state troopers squads from several suburban police depart ments Chicago police state s attorney s investigators sheriff s police and feb agents in an attempt to solve the first murder in the Community s 75-year his tory. Kenilworth police chief Edwardh. Eggert a sergeant when Valerie was murdered was one of the first office sat the death scene. After investigating the Early morning murder for a year Eggert said Only 52 of 1,152 leads Are still open for investigation. He said approximately 8,000 people have been interviewed in the Percy investigation. Finger or Palm prints we retaken of 439 people and 41 possible suspects took polygraph tests. Eggert said18 similar murders where checked for possible connections with the Perc Case. The result of the massive fingerprinting and interviewing Points in one direction there Are no murder suspects. Eggert said his investigation has Cov ered 48 states and with the help of foreign departments leads have been checked in Canada France England in Dia and Africa. A reduction of investigators has Fol Lowed the closing of various leads. Eggert now Heads an eight Man team including a Kenilworth detective and six state police  said the Fri and Chicago police Are still on the Case whenever they re needed to Check leads. After checking 17 plastic bags full of articles collected by the Percy investigation team the Chicago crime labor Atory is  a spokesman for the crime lab said everything Given to us has been examined and the reports Given to chief  the reports have been studied by the investigators resulting in a clarification of some leads but prime suspects clues or a motive still do not exist. A the investigation went into it second year Eggert clarified the main aspects of the Percy Case manner of Entrance As believed earlier Eggert said the intruder Cut through a screen and Glass panel of a French door of the music room at the mansion s Northeast Corner. The attacker walked through the living room up the stairs and past the bedroom i which the victim s twin sister Sharon was . Loraine Percy Valerie s step Mother went to the victim s bedroom after hearing moans. When she entered the killer1 blinded mrs. Percy with flashlight and fled. Eggert said his investigation indicate that the killer used the same route to escape. He left the Percy estate on foot he said. Once he was off the the Percy murder still a mystery year after slaying artist s version of path of murderer and his discovery by mrs. Percy. Up a mrs. Percy surprised Slayer. Estate we Don t know what he  murder weapon a Bayonet foundry skin divers in Lake Michigan near the Percy Home is probably no the murder weapon. Although the Wea Pon has t been ruled out of the Case Eggert said the Blade does not match the size of the wounds. And we Haven other possible murder  Why did t the dog bark Eggert discounted earlier reports that the killer knew the Percy family Well enough to be Friendly with i Foo its Labrador retriever. How can you Tell if the do always barks it probably just was t that Good of a watch dog he said. Was the killer the Evanston cat burglar Eggert said people confused composite sketches of a North suburban burglar with mrs. Percy s description of the killer. The sketches Don t match Eggert said. He s not our . Percy who surprised the killer As he crouched Over Valerie s body said the killer had Bushy hair especially full at the temples wore a bold patterned sport shirt and was Between 18 and 25 years old. The mystery Glove a Wool love found in a Gully about 30 feet from the  Home is still in the picture according to Eggert. He said the crime lab reported that Wool strand found on the death bed and the Cut screen were similar to the Glove s material although a definite conclusion could not be  a match for the Glove has not been found. The crime lab lists both the Glove an Blue markings found on the door screen possibly from a chisel or knife used to break in As foreign to the  Palm prints Eggert said As a re sult of massive Palm printing and Fin Bayonet Lead proved false. Up thursday october 19, 1967 the stars and stripes Ger printing All the fingerprints have been ruled out of the  he said four Palm prints have not Bee ruled out and May be their main Lead. I d like to find the person who left those prints he said. Motive technically it s a break in. After this we be come no closer to a motive Eggert said. Motives therefore Are a matter of conjecture. Or. Vladimor g. Urse a chicag psychiatrist said the murder could have been secondary. He said since the assailant was apparently a professional House breaker the murder was pos Sibly accidental because of  Robert m. Daley former Kenilworth police chief believed the murder was not secondary since nothing in the Percy House was missing. All indications Are that the intruder entered the Home to harm a member of the family he said. A third possible motive sex has also been considered in the investigation. Mrs. Percy told detectives that Valerie s Nightgown had been pulled up to her shoulders. Mrs. Percy said she pulled the Nightgown Down to knee length Drew a Sheet Over Valerie s lower body and wiped some blood from Valerie s face before detectives  Andrew j. Toman had reported that Valerie was not sexually molested. With clues dwindling and motive being bounced around a dedicated team still works to solve Kenilworth s Only murder. But will the mystery killer of the attractive Percy twin Ever be caught we Hope to solve the murder said Eggert. We re working every Angle we can but there Aren t Many Breaks. It shard to say if we re getting close but we re not giving up. As Long As Lead prevail Well keep  Page 11