A crane scooped up earth and concrete, and with a loud clank dropped it into the back of a dump truck. And so it was Thursday morning at the site where the home of deceased serial killer David Maust stood just days before, and where in 2003 Hammond police discovered the bodies of three teenagers entombed in a concrete slab.
Maust, who rented the Ash Avenue home, pleaded guilty in Lake Criminal Court and was sentenced to three consecutive life sentences without parole for murdering James Raganyi, 16, Nicholas James, 19, and Michael Dennis, 13. He committed suicide about a month after sentencing.
Maust also killed James McClister in 1974 in Germany and Donald Jones, 15, of Chicago, in 1981.
A small crew spent their second day excavating the site after leveling the home within a couple of hours on Wednesday.
Hammond police and city workers stood watch in case any new potential evidence were found in the rubble.
But after digging a square crevice about 4-feet deep, contractors found only more dirt, concrete and broken pipes.
