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The first victim was 28-year-old Gene R. Ravenscraft, who was killed on November 14. A native of Wheeling, Illinois, Ravenscraft had been working overtime since his wife, Cynthia, was pregnant with their third child. On the night of his murder, Gene was the only man in his office working the night shift, as he had only been there a few months.
Businessman and Illinois legislator reportedly assassinated by organized crime due to his efforts to legalize some forms of betting [78] Carl Choisser: Ozark: 1939-09-25: Politician, lawyer, and newspaper editor shot after quarrel with murder defendant: Frank Melrose: Chicago: 1941-09-01: Jazz and blues pianist killed in fracas in club: Gordon ...
The Jeanine Nicarico murder case was a complex and influential homicide investigation and prosecution in which two men, Rolando Cruz and Alejandro Hernandez, both Latinos, were wrongfully convicted of abduction, rape and murder in 1985 in DuPage County, Illinois. They were both sentenced to death.
Suspected serial killer linked to 1979 cold case out of North Aurora, Illinois. ... the nearby Lisle Police Department solved the case of another murder—the 1976 slaying of Pamela Maurer, a 16 ...
The Edwards County Sheriff's Office were called to the home on the 1100 block of County Road 600 in Albion, Ill. at around 12:14 p.m. when they made the disturbing find, the Illinois State Police ...
The Brown's Chicken massacre was a mass murder that occurred on January 8, 1993, in Palatine, Illinois, when two robbers shot and killed seven employees at a Brown's Chicken fast-food restaurant. The case remained unsolved for nearly nine years, until one of the assailants was implicated by his girlfriend in 2002.
During their first date, Leslie Reeves and Chris Smith were ambushed in his Illinois home – both shot in the head. A crime scene investigator described it as one of the most horrific crime ...
Riley Fox (March 31, 2001 [1] – June 6, 2004) was a 3-year-old girl from Wilmington, Illinois, who was murdered on June 6, 2004. [2] After Riley's father was initially accused and then cleared by DNA evidence, paroled convict Scott Eby confessed to the crime and was convicted. Eby died in prison while serving a life sentence without parole he ...