Former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair presenting Tommy Ontko (Customs & Border Protection) with Children's Champion Award at 10 Downing Street, London, England in 2004 for assisting in tracking down the killer of British schoolgirl, Caroline Dickinson. The assault and murder occurred in Saint Dinard, France in 1999, while thirteen year old Caroline was on a school trip with classmates and teachers. The case had gone cold, then in April of 2001 the Spanish suspect, an illegal alien, was determined to be in the United States in the Miami, Florida area. Coordination with Border Officials in Eastern Region resulted in the suspect being located in the Broward County Jail. He was re-arrested by Federal Agents with U.S. Immigration there. His DNA was obtained and comparison made with DNA from the suspect in Rennes, France. after DNA was deemed a match by Broward Sheriff Forensics Unit. Once French police also confirmed the DNA was a match, an Interpol warrant was obtained. The suspect was extradited to France. It was the first extradition in U.S. history for murder based only on DNA evidence. The suspect was tried and convicted, then sentenced to 30 years in prison. While serving the sentence, Spanish authorities tried him for similar crimes in their country. On his release from prison in France, he will be deported to Spain to serve 20 years there. It was later learned the suspect was a global serial rapist.
date of
Birth
Birthday
mm/dd/yyyy
Birthdate
Unknown
Birthplace
ADVERTISEMENT
BY
Ethnicity & Family History
AMERICAN
Nationality & Locations
United States
Military Service
U.S. ARMY, PARATROOPER, 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION, HHC-2/508, FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA, 173D AIRBORNE BRIGADE, HHC-2/503, VIETNAM
JOHN DICKINSON (R), OF CORNWALL, ENGLAND, FATHER OF THIRTEEN YEAR OLD STUDENT,CAROLINE DICKINSON, MEETING AND CONGRATULATING TOMMY ONTKO AT HIS HOME IN MICHIGAN FOR HIS HELP IN SOLVING THE MURDER OF AND IN TRACKING DOWN AND LOCATING THE PRIME SUSPECT RESULTING IN HIS ARREST IN FLORIDA AND EXTRADITION TO FRANCE TO FACE CHARGES.
People in photo include: Caroline Dickinson
Date & Place:
at TOMMY'S HOME in Milan, Washtenaw County, Michigan 48160, United States
Picture of Tommy Ontko, taken in about July or August of 1956 (folks took a long time to develop film back then). Uncle John Strauch took the photo, came over one day to take me to help clean up a boat of his father-in-law who resided on Beach Street in St. Clair Shores, Michigan. Promised my mom, Irene, he would not take me out on the boat....and he didn't....exactly, though she would have fainted if she even knew he would bring me aboard. Boat belonged to the father of his wife, Janice. We didn't go out on the lake but it was a fun day anyway!
Date & Place:
at unknown canal behind Beach Street Beach Street, in Saint Clair Shores, Macomb County, Michigan United States
Tommy Dale, this photo was taken on Beach, in St. Clair Shores. The boat and home belonged to Theodore and Jeannette King. Jeannette King was your Uncle John's wife, Janice's mother.
A photo of Tom "Tommy" Ontko, U.S. Army in Hawaii during WWII, 1943, in the door of the "Dog House", the barracks where the commo team lived. This picture taken especially for his girlfriend, Irene Strauch, then at home in Detroit, Michigan.
He was assigned to the 198th Field Artillery Battalion, 24 Corps and besides Hawaii, he also served in New Guniea, Leyte & Lauzon in the Philippines, and Okinawa, Japan, finally separating from the Army as an E-5 at Camp Atterbury, Indiana
Date & Place:
at Oahu THE DOG HOUSE - Helemano #2, in Ewa, Honolulu County, Hawaii United States
From Ft. Benning to the 82nd Airborne Division, 2/508 at Fort Bragg, NC, then on to the 173rd Airborne Brigade, 2/503 Bong Son, Vietnam with R&R in Sydney, Australia, there meeting a lovely Australian girl from Hornsby, NSW. Carol Drysdale, even missed my flight back to Vietnam by a day.
NOVEMBER 2004, 10 DOWNING STREET, LONDON, ENGLAND, SEEN RECEIVING AWARD FROM BRITISH PRIME MINISTER, TONY BLAIR, FOR HELPING WITH THE MURDER CASE OF A BRITISH TEEN, 13 YEAR OLD CAROLINE DICKINSON OF CORNWALL, WHO WAS ON A CLASS TRIP IN 1996 TO PLEINE-FOUGERES (MONT ST MICHEL), FRANCE WITH CLASSMATES AND TEACHERS , WAS MURDERED AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTED THERE WHILE STAYING OVERNIGHT IN A YOUTH HOSTEL BY A SPANISH MALE WHO FLED AND WAS LOCATED WITH THE HELP OF TOMMY ONTKO, CUSTOMS & BORDER PROTECTION, INTEL OFFICER, AND WAS THEN ARRESTED IN MIAMI, FLORIDA, USA IN APRIL 2001 AFTER THE CASE WENT COLD AROUND 1996. VIDEO REPORT OF CASE: 'REAL CRIME: THE CAROLINE DICKINSON MURDER CASE', PART 1,2,3 ON YOU TUBE
People in photo include: Tony Blair and Prime Minister Tony Blair
Date & Place:
at 10 DOWNING STREET, RESIDENCE OF THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER in London United Kingdom
JOHN DICKINSON, FATHER OF BRITISH SCHOOLGIRL, CAROLINE DICKINSON, WHO WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED AND MURDERED WHILE ON A CLASS TRIP TO FRANCE IN 1996 BY A SPANISH WAITER.
IN THIS PHOTO MR. DICKINSON ADDRESSES MEMBERS OF THE 5TH INTERNATIONAL DNA CONFERENCE IN LYON, FRANCE IN 2007 AS HE ATTEMPTS TO PUSH FOR AN INTERNATIONAL DNA DATA BASE AND RELATED THE CASE OF HIS DAUGHTER, CAROLINE, AND THE SUCCESS OF DNA IN THAT CASE.
People in photo include: Caroline Dickinson
Date & Place:
at INTERPOL HEADQUARTERS in Lyon, Rhône County, RA France
Jayne Foster 
