Was a serial killer at work in 51 unsolved Chicago murders?
Posted April 12, 2019 1:00 am
Facing pressure from activists over the unsolved killings of 51 women since 2001, the Chicago Police Department has begun to review those cases to determine if a serial killer was at work.
A report by the Murder Accountability Project, a Virginia-based nonprofit group that analyzes information about homicides, said the killings of the 51 women - all of whom were strangled or asphyxiated - "have characteristics of serial murder."
Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson responded that there's no evidence to suggest a serial killer is responsible for any of the 51 slayings, but he said his detectives have launched a review.
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