MICHIGAN KILLER MAY BE LINKED TO 2 CASES BREVARD COUNTY AUTHORITIES HOPE JOHN MCRAE CAN HELP SOLVE THE DISAPPEARANCES OF A BOY AND A YOUNG MAN IN 1979 METRO Edition

MERRITT ISLAND - Investigators here are hoping the conviction of a former Brevard County prison guard in a Michigan murder will help them solve two apparent killings 20 years ago. John Rodney McRae, 64, was found guilty Dec. 11 of killing a 15- year-old Michigan boy who disappeared in 1987. The teen...

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Published inThe Orlando sentinel
Main Author Lynne Bumpus-Hooper of The Sentinel Staff
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Orlando, Fla Tribune Publishing Company, LLC 22.12.1998
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Summary:MERRITT ISLAND - Investigators here are hoping the conviction of a former Brevard County prison guard in a Michigan murder will help them solve two apparent killings 20 years ago. John Rodney McRae, 64, was found guilty Dec. 11 of killing a 15- year-old Michigan boy who disappeared in 1987. The teen's body was found last year on a farm where McRae had lived. McRae also is a suspect in two Brevard disappearances that occurred while he lived in Florida. No remains have been found of the 12-year-old boy and the 20-year-old man thought to have been killed in 1979, making it difficult to bring murder charges.