Cases · Near Chicago
True crime cases near Chicago
30 documented cases within roughly 50 miles of Chicago, spanning the 1890s to the 2020s — 6 remain unsolved. The most-documented file is Murder of Julie Jensen.
Cases near Chicago
SOLVEDDeath of Sania Khan
2020sChicago, Illinois, United States
SOLVEDMurder of Bobby Franks
1920sKenwood neighborhood, Chicago, Illinois
SOLVEDAssassination of Carter Harrison III
1890sCarter Harrison III residence, Chicago, Illinois
SOLVEDMurders of Darnell Donerson, Jason Hudson, and Julian King
2000sChicago, Illinois
UNSOLVEDSaint Valentine's Day Massacre
1920s2122 North Clark Street, Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois
SOLVEDKilling of Rekia Boyd
2010sDouglass Park, Chicago, Illinois
SOLVEDKilling of Adam Toledo
2020sLittle Village, Chicago, Illinois
ONGOINGKilling of Hadiya Pendleton
2010sHarsh Park, Kenwood, Chicago, Illinois
ONGOINGKilling of Zheng Shaoxiong
2020s900 block of East 54th Street, Hyde Park, Chicago, Illinois
SOLVEDMurder of Laquan McDonald
2010sNear 41st Street and Kildare Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
SOLVEDGage Park murders
2010s5708 South California Avenue, Gage Park, Chicago, Illinois
SOLVEDMurder of Benjamin Pitezel by H. H. Holmes
1890s63rd Street and Wallace Avenue, Englewood, Chicago, Illinois (site of Holmes's building); murder trial held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
SOLVEDKilling of Anthony Alvarez
2020sLaramie Avenue and Eddy Street, Portage Park, Chicago, Illinois
SOLVEDMurder of Laree Slack
2000sSouth Side, Chicago, Illinois, United States
SOLVEDJohn Wayne Gacy
1970s8213 West Summerdale Avenue, Norwood Park Township, Illinois
SOLVEDMurder of Derrion Albert
2000sNear Christian Fenger Academy High School, Chicago, Illinois
UNSOLVED1937 Memorial Day Massacre
1930sNear Republic Steel mill, South Chicago
SOLVEDDeath of Kenneka Jenkins
2010sCrowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare hotel, Rosemont, Illinois
COLDKilling of Jaclyn Dowaliby
1980sMidlothian, Illinois
SOLVED2022 Highland Park parade shooting
2020sHighland Park, Illinois, United States
UNSOLVEDChicago Tylenol poisonings
1980sChicago metropolitan area, Illinois
SOLVEDMurder of Kathleen Savio; Disappearance of Stacy Peterson
2010sBolingbrook, Illinois
SOLVEDMurder of the Brown's Chicken Employees
1990sFormer site of Brown's Chicken & Pasta, 168 West Northwest Highway, Palatine, Illinois
UNSOLVEDKilling of Atcel Olmedo
2000sAlongside Interstate 88, between Naperville and Warrenville, Illinois
UNSOLVEDDisappearance of Lisa Stebic
2000sPlainfield, Illinois, United States
SOLVEDMurder of Wadea al-Fayoume
2020sPlainfield Township, Illinois, United States
SOLVED2019 Aurora, Illinois shooting
2010sHenry Pratt Company plant, Aurora, Illinois
SOLVEDSuicide of Joe Gliniewicz
2010sFox Lake, Illinois
SOLVEDMurder of Riley Fox
2000sForsythe Woods County Forest Preserve, near Wilmington, Illinois
SOLVEDMurder of Julie Jensen
2000sPleasant Prairie, Wisconsin
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