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Emoni & Elijah. Image credit: FacebookIn the early hours of November 3, 2016, a shooting inside a family home on Chicago's South Side killed two siblings, 20-year-old Emoni House and her 16-year-old brother, Elijah House. Emoni was four months pregnant. Their mother and a family friend were also shot and survived. Police charged Emoni's boyfriend, a 19-year-old man, with the killings. What follo..
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Caitlin Walch Tracey (1988–2024)Case at a GlancePersonCaitlin Tracey, 36Discovery dateOctober 27, 2024LocationSouth Loop high-rise, 1200 block of South Prairie Avenue, Chicago, IllinoisCase statusAdam Beckerink has pleaded not guilty; the murder case remains pending.Latest reported developmentA dispute over proposed DNA testing was reported September 30, 2026; Beckerink was due back in court in ..
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Linda Goldstone (1948–1978)Case at a GlancePersonLinda GoldstoneIncidentAbduction, rape, and murder after approximately 36 hours of captivityDateMarch 30–April 1, 1978LocationChicago, IllinoisLegal outcomeHernando Williams pleaded guilty, received a death sentence, and was executed in 1995CategoryChicago Crime HistoryIn the spring of 1978, Linda Goldstone left home to teach a childbirth class in..
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Darnell Donerson, 57; Jason Hudson, 29; and Julian King, 7 — victims of the 2008 Chicago case.Case at a GlanceDateOctober 24–27, 2008LocationEnglewood, Chicago, IllinoisVictimsDarnell Donerson, Jason Hudson, and Julian KingCase outcomeWilliam Balfour was convicted of three counts of first-degree murder on May 11, 2012Jennifer Hudson Family Murders: The 2008 Chicago CaseOn the morning of October ..
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Joe Aiello — 1930On the evening of October 23, 1930, Joe Aiello walked out of a West Side apartment building in Chicago and into a planned crossfire. He was a Sicilian-born bootlegger and one of Al Capone's most persistent enemies. Police and newspapers immediately suspected Capone's organization. No one was ever convicted, and the documented record does not establish who fired the guns or who g..
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