Unsolved cases
Homicides and other crimes with no one held responsible. Some are a century old. Some are from this year.
Chicago Strangler
The Chicago Strangler is a suspected serial killer, or group of killers, believed by some to be responsible for the deaths of women in Chicago, Illinois. The Murder Accountability Project has identified 51 strangulation and asphyxiation deaths in the city between 2001 and 2018. Most of the victims were Black women, and many of the bodies were found on the city’s South and West Sides.
1987 · IllinoisUnsolvedDardeen family homicides
The Dardeen family homicides were a series of murders that occurred on November 18, 1987, near Ina, Illinois, United States. The victims were members of the Dardeen family, including Ruby Elaine Dardeen, her young son, and her newborn daughter. Investigators determined that members of the family were victims of a targeted attack.
2008 · IllinoisUnsolvedLane Bryant murders
The Lane Bryant murders was an incident of mass murder at a Lane Bryant clothing outlet in the Brookside Marketplace in Tinley Park, Illinois, United States, a suburb of Chicago, that occurred on February 2, 2008. The shooting resulted in five people killed and a sixth injured. Police said the attack appeared to have been a botched robbery attempt, though the motive of the shooting remains unknown for certain.
2018 · IllinoisUnsolvedDuck Walk Killer
The Duck Walk Killer is an unidentified spree killer who murdered at least two men in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, in 2018.
1988 · IllinoisUnsolved
Murder of Jaclyn Dowaliby
The murder of Jaclyn Marie Dowaliby is an unsolved child murder which occurred in Midlothian, Illinois, on September 10, 1988, when a seven-year-old girl was abducted from her bedroom and murdered by an unknown individual or individuals. Her strangled body was discovered in a section of wasteland in Blue Island four days later. Dowaliby's mother and stepfather were tried for her murder in 1990; her mother was…
2026 · Chicago field officeUnsolvedWashington Park Mass Shooting
Unknown Suspect(s) August 29, 2026 Chicago, Illinois