It seemed like the perfect crime to a ten-year-old. After school, steal a boat from Marina City and sail it back to Ohio.

William Blasio, who missed friends he had to leave behind after moving to Chicago that summer, almost made it to Lake Michigan. On December 1, 1965, he picked out a 16-foot boat with outboard motor. Someone at Marina City saw him take the boat and the coast guard was alerted.

He was turned over to his mother.

(Above) Marina at Marina City in Chicago. Looking east from west end. Jefferson Beach Yacht Sales office at left.