Among the unsolved murders in Olney, Illinois (which now include Jaimee Rupe in 2004 and Joe Galyean just this year) is the 2012 case of Ed Hataway.
Hataway, age 61 at the time of his disappearance in mid-September 2012, went missing (and was later found dead, of what authorities considered homicide) under very strange circumstances….to the outside observer. However, to those who know what had been going on in Hataway’s life since the death of his mother in 2003, and the onset of a bitter probate case, things weren’t quite as mysterious. The biggest problem, as it’s turned out, was getting Illinois State Police investigators, including the questionable Tim Brown, to actually investigate: instead of doing that, however, ISP has been busy pointing fingers at different people, accusing them of “leaking” information to Disclosure when all along, this news organization has merely done what ISP should have been doing: looking at what the record, including probate and a set of Orders of Protection, shows…and extrapolating from there.
As part of the investigation into the court cases dating back to 2004, Disclosure has made contact with law enforcement across the states of Illinois and Texas, in the locales where Hataway’s surviving relatives reside. Through these sources, Disclosure learned the material that appears in this Read the Lead offering, Texas officials neither confirm or deny ISP presence, presented in pertinent part, as the initial lead-in explains the background of the case:
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Ed Hataway
Disclosure has learned that on April 10, authorities in Rusk County, Texas, had surrounded the home of Bob Hataway, a department of corrections employee in that state.
Unsuccessful at locating him, authorities came back the next day, Friday, April 11, and again surrounded the home. Only this time, sheriff’s deputies and department of wildlife (conservation) officers were joined by Illinois State Police.
On that day, when the house was approached, it was reported that Bob Hataway ran from the home and into a nearby woods. He was apprehended by the sheer manpower on scene, and was questioned for a reported four to five hours.
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To read the article in full, simply click the headline link above, or click here to get started on your online access to the e-Edition, where you can read every article we’ve produced about the stalled Hataway case as well as every article in this current edition. Or if you prefer to hold the hard copy in your hands to read, you can pick up the April-May 2014 editions now at Richland County vendors MotoMart in Olney, Marilyn’s Liquor Cabinet in Olney, or Bottle Hut of Noble; Clay County vendors The Price is Right in Clay City, Discount Tobacco Warehouse in Flora, and Needmore Store in Louisville; Lawrence County vendors Jim’s Guns outside of Lawrenceville and Lou’s Restaurant in Bridgeport; and pertinent to some of the players in the Hataway story, Gallatin County vendors Patton’s in Junction and Davis Enterprises in Omaha….but hurry out; this one is on stands only two more weeks, and they are moving FAST.