New DNA evidence has confirmed that a man known in Queensland as John Damon was actually William Arnold, a convicted US killer and escaped inmate.
A grave marker at Tamborine Mountain Cemetery in Queensland bears the name John Vincent Damon.
Arnold pleaded guilty in 1959 to murdering his parents. He was sentenced to life in the Nebraska State Penitentiary. During his time there, he was described by authorities as a “model prisoner”, but on July 14, 1967, he and another inmate escaped. Westover tracked down an ex-girlfriend of Arnold, which led to a trove of letters he had written to her and her family from prison.
Finally, in November 2020, Westover tracked down Arnold’s brother in Missouri. He agreed to provide a DNA sample. Later, in August 2022, Westover connected with a man from Australia who was trying to learn about his late father, Damon, who had told him he was an orphan from Chicago. “That was a really hard conversation,” he said. “Their family didn’t know any of this stuff, so it’s hard not to feel bad for them.”
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