41case filesUpdated Jul 18, 2026
Casepin holds 41 case files in Illinois. By legal status, 8 marked unsolved, 1 marked cold, 2 marked ongoing, 28 marked solved and 2 marked overturned.
Credit: Wikimedia Commons (investigation surveillance still)Editorial useSourceUNSOLVEDListenChicago metropolitan area, Illinois · 1980s
In September 1982, seven people in the Chicago area died after taking Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules that had been laced with potassium cyanide after leaving the factory. The case remains unsolved as of 2026, though it led to nationwide tamper-resistant packaging reforms and federal anti-tampering laws.
Credit: Presumably Sonya MasseyEditorial useSourceSOLVEDListenWoodside Township, near Springfield, Illinois · 2024
On July 6, 2024, Sangamon County Sheriff's Deputy Sean Grayson fatally shot Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old unarmed Black woman, inside her Woodside Township, Illinois home after she called 911 about a possible prowler. Grayson was convicted of second-degree murder in October 2025 and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Highland Park, Illinois, United States · 2022
On July 4, 2022, a gunman opened fire from a rooftop on an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Illinois, killing seven people and wounding 48 others; Robert Eugene Crimo III was later charged, pleaded guilty in 2025, and was sentenced to seven consecutive life sentences plus 2,400 years.
Credit: Self-portrait, as published in press coverageEditorial useSourceSOLVEDListenFox Lake, Illinois · 2015
In September 2015, Fox Lake, Illinois police lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz was found dead in a marsh in what was initially believed to be a murder by three unknown assailants, triggering a massive manhunt. After a two-month investigation, officials concluded he had staged his death to look like a homicide but had in fact died by suicide after fearing exposure of years of embezzlement and other criminal conduct.
Former site of Brown's Chicken & Pasta, 168 West Northwest Highway, Palatine, Illinois · 1993
On January 8, 1993, seven people were shot and killed at a Brown's Chicken & Pasta restaurant in Palatine, Illinois. The case went unsolved for over nine years until DNA evidence and a witness account led to the arrests of Juan Luna and James Degorski, both later convicted of all seven murders and sentenced to life in prison.
Image recordEditorial useSourceSOLVEDListenChicago, Illinois, United States · 2022
Sania Khan, a Pakistani American photographer who had documented her divorce on TikTok, was shot and killed by her estranged husband Raheel Ahmad, identified by police as the gunman, in her Chicago apartment on July 18, 2022; Ahmad then shot himself and died of his injuries.
Image recordEditorial useSourceUNSOLVEDListenPlainfield, Illinois, United States · 2007
Lisa Stebic, a mother of two, disappeared from her home in Plainfield, Illinois on April 30, 2007, and has never been found.
SOLVEDListenCrowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare hotel, Rosemont, Illinois · 2017
Kenneka Jenkins, 19, was found dead inside a latched hotel freezer at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare in Rosemont, Illinois, in September 2017 after attending a party there. Her death was ruled accidental, but her family's lawsuit against the hotel was settled in 2023.
OVERTURNEDListenCarbondale, Illinois · 2014
Pravin Varughese, a 19-year-old Southern Illinois University student, died in the woods near Carbondale, Illinois, in February 2014 after a confrontation with Gaege Bethune, whose murder conviction was later vacated and the charges dismissed.
SOLVEDListenBolingbrook, Illinois · 2012
Former Bolingbrook, Illinois police sergeant Drew Peterson was convicted in 2012 of murdering his third wife, Kathleen Savio, whose 2004 death had initially been ruled an accidental drowning. His fourth wife, Stacy Peterson, disappeared in 2007 and has never been found; her disappearance prompted the reopening of the Savio investigation.
The files run from 1822 to 2024. The 2010s hold the most, with 11 files. The oldest is St. Vrain massacre, from 1832.
They are spread across 23 cities and towns; the most are in Chicago (16), Springfield (2) and Plainfield (2). By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (31), kidnapping and abduction cases (8) and police shooting cases (6).
17 files of the 41 have coverage attached: 29 videos, podcasts and documentaries from 11 creators. The most covered is Chicago Tylenol poisonings, with 3 items to watch or hear. That Chapter, Dr. Todd Grande and Kendall Rae have covered the most of them.
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.
Timmothy Pitzen — Credit: UnknownEditorial useSource
Mary Kellerman, Adam Janus, Stanley Janus, Theresa Janus, Mary McFarland, Paula Prince, Mary Reiner — Credit: Wikimedia Commons (investigation surveillance still)Editorial useSource
Sonya Massey — Credit: Presumably Sonya MasseyEditorial useSource
Highland Park Shooting (52476898247) — Credit: Stephen Hogan from Chicago, United StatesCC BY 2.0Source
Yingying Zhang FBI poster — Credit: FBIPublic domainSource
Lt. Charles Joseph "Joe" Gliniewicz — Credit: Self-portrait, as published in press coverageEditorial useSource
AKNIUMemorial — Credit: Cafebaro at English WikipediaPublic domainSource
Illustration of Carter Harrison Sr. (5) 3x4 — Credit: Compiled by "a member of the Chicago Press"; published by Theo A. Patterson, Progressive…Public domainSource
John and Sina CrenshawPublic domainSource
Justice For Adam Toledo sign at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis, Minnesota — Credit: Lorie ShaullCC BY-SA 2.0Source
Bobby Franks (photograph, 1916–1924) — Credit: Unknown photographer; via Wikimedia CommonsPublic domainSource
Senate Civil Liberties Hearing. Washington, D.C., July 2. The Senate Civil Liberties Committee played to a full house today as they screened the moves of the Memorial Day Chicago riot at the LCCN2016871947 — Credit: Harris & Ewing, photographerPublic domainSource
Chase Bank branch in Palatine, IL — Credit: MysterymanblueCC0Source
Jacilyn Dowaliby Chicago Tribune 13 September1988 — Credit: Professional portrait, most likely commissioned by the subject's parentsPublic domainSource
Zheng Shaoxiong ('Dennis' Zheng), the victimEditorial useSource
John Tessier (Jack McCullough), circa 1955, yearbook photo — Credit: Unknown/ Sycamore High School "Leaves" yearbookPublic domainSource
Riley Fox — Credit: Federal Bureau of InvestigationsPublic domainSource
Al Fayoumi memorial — Credit: N328KFCC BY-SA 4.0Source
The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre scene, 1929Public domainSource
St Vrain grave 2006 — Credit: User:Rattis irrittisCC BY-SA 3.0Source
Rekia Boyd, the victimEditorial useSource
41. By status: 8 unsolved, 1 cold, 2 ongoing, 28 solved and 2 overturned. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.
St. Vrain massacre, from 1832. Open the file
Chicago Tylenol poisonings, with 3 videos, podcasts and documentaries linked from its file. Open the file
That Chapter (5 cases), Dr. Todd Grande (4 cases) and Kendall Rae (3 cases), among 11 creators in all.
Chicago (16), Springfield (2) and Plainfield (2).
It rebuilds hourly from the published files; the newest file change here is dated Jul 18, 2026. A status changes only when the record behind it does.
