Cases · Near Chicago
True crime cases near Chicago
22 documented cases within roughly 50 miles of Chicago, spanning the 1890s to the 2020s — 3 remain unsolved. The most-documented file is Chicago Tylenol poisonings.
Cases near Chicago
- Assassination of Carter Harrison III1890sCarter Harrison III residence, Chicago, IllinoisSOLVED
- Murder of Bobby Franks1920sKenwood neighborhood, Chicago, IllinoisSOLVED
- Murders of Darnell Donerson, Jason Hudson, and Julian King2000sChicago, IllinoisSOLVED
- Death of Sania Khan2020sChicago, Illinois, United StatesSOLVED
- Killing of Rekia Boyd2010sDouglass Park, Chicago, IllinoisSOLVED
- Killing of Adam Toledo2020sLittle Village, Chicago, IllinoisSOLVED
- Killing of Zheng Shaoxiong2020s900 block of East 54th Street, Hyde Park, Chicago, IllinoisONGOING
- Murder of Laquan McDonald2010sNear 41st Street and Kildare Avenue, Chicago, IllinoisSOLVED
- Gage Park murders2010s5708 South California Avenue, Gage Park, Chicago, IllinoisSOLVED
- Killing of Anthony Alvarez2020sLaramie Avenue and Eddy Street, Portage Park, Chicago, IllinoisSOLVED
- Murder of Laree Slack2000sSouth Side, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesSOLVED
- Murder of Derrion Albert2000sNear Christian Fenger Academy High School, Chicago, IllinoisSOLVED
- Killing of Jaclyn Dowaliby1980sMidlothian, IllinoisCOLD
- 2022 Highland Park parade shooting2020sHighland Park, Illinois, United StatesSOLVED
- Chicago Tylenol poisonings1980sChicago metropolitan area, IllinoisUNSOLVED
- Murder of the Brown's Chicken Employees1990sFormer site of Brown's Chicken & Pasta, 168 West Northwest Highway, Palatine, IllinoisSOLVED
- Killing of Atcel Olmedo2000sAlongside Interstate 88, between Naperville and Warrenville, IllinoisUNSOLVED
- Murder of Wadea al-Fayoume2020sPlainfield Township, Illinois, United StatesSOLVED
- 2019 Aurora, Illinois shooting2010sHenry Pratt Company plant, Aurora, IllinoisSOLVED
- Suicide of Joe Gliniewicz2010sFox Lake, IllinoisSOLVED
- Murder of Riley Fox2000sForsythe Woods County Forest Preserve, near Wilmington, IllinoisSOLVED
- Murder of Julie Jensen2000sPleasant Prairie, WisconsinSOLVED
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