Detective suspected in girl’s murder may have killed others, former investigator fears

NO BUT ACTUALLY THOUGH, A FINGERPRINT ON A COMMUNION PURSE JUST SOLVED A 65-YEAR-OLD MURDER CASE, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY INSANE TO WRAP MY HEAD AROUND. SO BACK IN 1960, THIS YOUNG GIRL GLORIA KOWALEWICZ WAS WALKING TO CHURCH IN CHICAGO AND JUST NEVER MADE IT. POLICE NOW SAY THE GUY WHO ABDUCTED AND KILLED HER WAS ACTUALLY A DETECTIVE ON THE FORCE NAMED THOMAS MCINERNEY. THE MAN DIED IN 2006, SO HE NEVER FACED JUSTICE FOR IT WHILE HE WAS ALIVE, BUT NOW INVESTIGATORS ARE WORRIED HE MIGHT HAVE HAD OTHER VICTIMS BECAUSE HE WAS A VIOLENT CRIMES COP AT THE TIME. THEY ARE LINKING HIM TO THIS THROUGH RECENT TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS THAT FINALLY MATCHED HIS PRINTS. IT IS JUST TRAGIC AND DARK AND I CANNOT BELIEVE A COP WAS CAPABLE OF SOMETHING THIS HORRIFIC.

THE GROUP CHAT IS LOSING IT OVER THIS BECAUSE SOMEONE WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO PROTECT PEOPLE APPARENTLY WASN'T. A CHICAGO COP NAMED THOMAS MCINERNEY HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE PERSON WHO KILLED 8-YEAR-OLD GLORIA KOWALEWICZ WAY BACK IN 1960. SHE WAS WALKING TO MASS AT ST. MARY OF MT. CARMEL CHURCH AND THEY FOUND HER BODY IN A DITCH FOUR HOURS LATER, BUT IT TOOK OVER SIX DECADES FOR POLICE TO CONNECT THE EVIDENCE TO HIM. HE WAS A DETECTIVE IN THE DEPARTMENT WHEN IT HAPPENED, AND NOW OFFICIALS FEAR THERE COULD BE EVEN MORE VICTIMS TIED TO HIM, THOUGH THEY DO NOT KNOW FOR SURE YET. THE GUY DIED NEARLY TWENTY YEARS AGO, SO NOW THE FAMILY JUST HAS THESE ANSWERS AFTER ALL THIS TIME. ANYWAY THAT IS THE NEWS, TELL ME YOURS.

Chicago police identified the late detective Thomas McInerney as the man who murdered 8-year-old Gloria Kowalewicz in 1960, a discovery made via fingerprint evidence 65 years after the crime.

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