Man Arrested in 30-Year Cold Case Murder of Teen in Unincorporated Glen Ellyn

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The DuPage County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a 62-year-old Champaign man for the 1985 murder of Kristina Wesselman in unincorporated Glen Ellyn.

The arrest in the cold case came Sunday after the sheriff’s office obtained new information earlier this month. Police took Michael R. Jones into custody on Sunday after they conducted a search of his Champaign home on Friday. Jones was charged with two counts of murder and one count of aggravated criminal sexual assault on Sunday in connection with the murder.

Wesselman, who was 15 years old at the time, was murdered on July 21, 1985. She was walking home from the Jewel Food Store near Butterfield and Route 53 in unincorporated Glen Ellyn and was last seen walking toward her home. She never returned home and was later reported missing by her mom.

Her body was found hours later by sheriff’s detectives in a field near the path where she was last seen walking.

“Since the date of the tragic murder, the case has remained open and active,” DuPage County Sheriff John Zaruba said. “Over the last 30 years the Sheriff’s Cold Case Unit has worked hundreds of leads that have sent them across the nation and thousands of man hours have been spent to catch the killer in this horrendous crime.”

Zaruba went on to thank those who investigated the case.

“The work of the members of my detective division, coupled with the assistance of the Champaign Police Department and the Champaign County Probation Department during the capture of Michael R. Jones has made it possible for us to bring this 1985 shocking case to a successful conclusion,” Sheriff Zaruba said. “I cannot say enough about the professionalism and dedication of the investigators over the past 30 years who have worked this case and their work will now bring closure for the Wesselman family and the residents of Unincorporated Milton Township with the arrest and prosecution of the suspect.”

Jones is being held in the DuPage County Jail and will be in bond court Monday at 8 a.m.

This case remains under investigation and the sheriff’s office is requesting information from the public regarding this case or any other incident which may have involved Michael R. Jones.

Anyone with information is requested to please contact the DuPage County Sheriff’s Office at 630-407-2400 or by Anonymous Crime Tips via the DuPage County Sheriff’s website or by text to CRIMES (274637) and please include the keyword sheriff in the message.