His older brother was molested at the age of sixteen. He liked Lamborghini cars, drawing the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and playing football with his friends.As a matter of fact, he went down to the local park to play soccer almost every day. – BALCERZAK v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN – US 7th Circuit", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Balcerzak&oldid=978890833, Articles with unsourced statements from September 2020, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Police officer (1980–2017), president of Milwaukee Police Association, This page was last edited on 17 September 2020, at 14:58. Simply start with a family member and we'll do the searching for you. Like Edwards, Sinthasomphone also had a chance for escape. He also noted that the serial killer remained" calm and as collected as could be" during their interaction. It has always been his story. He didn’t move at all. And then those damn cops take him back, where he is injected with acid while conscious. With John Wayne Gacy, there was Robert Piest, whose abduction and susequent murder led the police to Gacy. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. You can find birthdates, death dates, addresses and more. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Among his victims was one Konerak Sinthasomphone. Sometimes they are “the one that got away”, or the last victim. In October 1988, Dahmer was convicted of second-degree sexual assault for drugging and molesting one of Konerak`s four brothers, who was 13 at the time. They communicated this to the officers and tried to save the boy. Judge Robert J. Parins decided the case and ruled in favor of the officers, allowing them to be reinstated. Konerak was in a city park, playing soccer with school friends the day he disappeared. What more do we need to know before defunding this PD and starting again with an all-new ANTI-racist crew? Dahmer committed his first murder in 1978, three weeks after his graduation. Police recordings also reportedly included the cops making jokes on the police radio after leaving Dahmer's apartment. Many chimed in on Twitter to voice frustration and a desire for change after the details of the 1991 case resurfaced, calling it "beyond sickening" and "despicable.". Masterfully concealing his drunkeness, he explained to the officers that the small, bruised boy who was trembling as he crouched on the sidewalk was John Hmong, his “house guest” who had been staying with him for the past two weeks. Konerak, who was friendly, agreed and went back with him, where Dahmer, who was not, drugged him. After the police left, Dahmer killed Sinthasomphone. ''It`s not the country,'' said Keisone, interpreting. Konerak Sinthasomphone was born on the first of December, 1976, in a small country called Laos.

Maybe he had a crush on a girl at school, and daydreamed of marrying her. As he was walking along the street, he saw that Konerak had escaped and was sitting on the pavement, naked.

''This little guy would always be the guy making a joke of everything,'', said Keisone Phalphouvong, Konerak`s 22-year-old sister. The parties eventually reached a … It is Jeff’s story.

However, Balcerzak and his partner returned Konerak to Dahmer's apartment. You've only scratched the surface of Konerak family history. He left 14-year-old Konerak Sinthasomphone with the serial killer, assuming he was in no danger.

Konerak sat on the sofa in silence. There are a lot of things said about Konerak Sinthasomphone, but here is one that is never said: he was impossibly, incredibly tough and resilient. Konerak has the dubious distinction (along with Stephen Hicks) of having the most promient role of all the victims in the two major Dahmer film biographies-in Dahmer he appeared as Khamtay, and before that in The Secret Life of Jeffrey Dahmer as Sounthome. At least 106 people shot, 14 fatally, in Chicago weekend violence, Watch live: Gov. Konerak (or Kolak, as his family called him) was the baby of the Sinthasomphone family. [6], Both officers later appealed their termination. Set before a photograph of his beaming, animated face are dishes of pork, rice, apples, orange juice, and other foods he liked. Rest in peace, Konerak, you courageous kid. Some serial killers have one victim who is more famous than the others. The Konerak family name was found in the USA in 1880. Konerak was the baby of the family, the one who lived all but 3 of his 14 years in America. After the incident, Balcerzak and Gabrish defended their actions. This was 100% of all the recorded Konerak's in the USA. The family of Konerak Sinthasomphone later brought a civil suit against the City of Milwaukee, charging that it had violated his right to the equal protection of the law based on race, sex, and sexual orientation. But whatever about Dahmer, Konerak was still a kid with interests, goals, hopes and dreams. The May 27 incident has become the focal point of community outrage in Milwaukee over the quality of police service in minority neighborhoods.

So convinced were they that the family never went to court when Dahmer was tried and sentenced to 1 year of work release from jail and 5 years of probation. Think about it. Konerak would’ve been around twelve. Two women, Sandra Smith and Nicole Childress, called the Milwaukee police after they saw the victim wandering around, naked and bleeding.

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On the twenty-seventh of May, 1991, he left the park where he was playing soccer and decided to swing by the Grand Avenue Mall. The Milwaukee Sentinel on Wednesday quoted sources ''close to the investigation'' as saying Dahmer appeared shocked when he was told the 13 year-old he molested in 1988 and Konerak were brothers. Census records can tell you a lot of little known facts about your Konerak ancestors, such as occupation. He appealed his termination and was subsequently reinstated. We and our partners will store and/or access information on your device through the use of cookies and similar technologies, to display personalised ads and content, for ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. ''It`s like a nightmare. He loved Ninja Turtles, Lamborghini sports cars, swimming, soccer, and Tom & … Dahmer took over. For the veterans among your Konerak ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions. He appears to have been a generally upbeat kid-always smiling and joking around. ″At the time, with the information we had - to this day I think we did the appropriate thing, the best that we could,″ Balcerzak said in an August 1991 interview, Associated Press reported.

Dahmer found the boy with the police and convinced them that the boy was his 19-year-old lover. But at the Sinthasomphone house on the city`s northwest side, there is only quiet grief. He loved Ninja Turtles, Lamborghini sports cars, swimming, soccer, and Tom & Jerry cartoons. Konerak (or Kolak, as his family called him) was the baby of the Sinthasomphone family.

Sinthasomphone's family believed Dahmer was still in jail for abusing the older brother when he preyed on the younger sibling, according to The New York Times. Balcerzak retired from the Milwaukee Police Department in 2017. But it is probable (I’ve yet to see the films) that neither portray him as a human being with any life beyond being an apartment decoration for his killer. Konerak was the youngest of eight children. ''We never thought he was going to be out.''. This was 100% of all the recorded Konerak's in the USA. ( Log Out /  He didn’t groan or rock. [3] The officers noticed a strange smell in Dahmer's apartment[citation needed], which was the decaying corpse of a previous victim in the bedroom, but made no attempt to investigate. This story has been updated with a statement to Newsweek from Milwaukee Police Department. What a horror. What did your Konerak ancestors do for a living. And even more despicable that this man is being honoured by his colleagues. It isn`t known whether Dahmer knew the two boys were related. Then, a small bevy of police officers pulled up. He wakes up in a strange, foul-smelling flat. They also dismissed the incident, as Dahmer convinced the officers that Sinthasomphone was actually an adult gay lover who simply had too much to drink and wandered into the street naked. View Social Security Death Index (SSDI) for Konerak, Discover the unique achievements of ancestors in your family tree, Browse profiles of historical people with the Konerak last name, This page needs Javascript enabled in order to work properly. But he is angry with Milwaukee`s criminal justice system for putting Dahmer on the streets and for not telling the family they had done so, Keisone said. Within census records, you can often find information like name of household members, ages, birthplaces, residences, and occupations. Occupation can tell you about your ancestor's social and economic status.

But he was not there when Konerak met him in the Grand Avenue Mall during, 1991. Police, who assumed the dazed 14-year-old did not speak English, dismissed the incident as a spat between homosexual lovers. Following their decision to divorce, Lionel temporarily lived in a nearby motel and Joyce had relocated to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, with his younger brother David. Despicable. He also enjoyed swimming and Tom and Jerry cartoons. He runs into his would-be killer in the street, but fights him off, even though it takes nearly all of his energy to stay standing. Use census records and voter lists to see where families with the Konerak surname lived.