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True crime cases in DeKalb

2case filesUpdated Jul 14, 2026

Casepin holds 2 case files in DeKalb. By legal status, 1 marked cold and 1 marked solved.

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2
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1
Solved
1
Span
1877–2008
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Case files in DeKalb

The files run from 1877 to 2008. The 1870s hold the most, with 1 file. The oldest is 2008 Northern Illinois University shooting, from 2008.

By type, the largest groups are mass shooting cases (1), school shooting cases (1) and domestic violence cases (1).

None of these files has creator coverage attached yet; each one can still be heard as a narrated case file.

Every file is written from cited sources and pinned where it happened, and every person named carries the legal status the record gives them. If you hold information about an unsolved case, contact the investigating agency named in its file rather than posting it publicly. Families and anyone involved can request a correction from any file.

This page updates from the published files, so counts and statuses change the day a record does. Open any file for its timeline, its sources and the coverage worth your time, or play it as a narrated case file.

Every file

Every case file in DeKalb

2 files

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Unsolved, cold and solved in Illinois

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How many case files in DeKalb are on Casepin?

2. By status: 1 cold and 1 solved. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.

What is the oldest of these files?

2008 Northern Illinois University shooting, from 2008. Open the file

How current is this page?

It rebuilds hourly from the published files; the newest file change here is dated Jul 14, 2026. A status changes only when the record behind it does.

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