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Chicago police find killer in 65-year-old cold case murder of little girl — one of their own
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a crime & justice story. NBC News Top Stories is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 12 Oct 2026, 20:50 UTC. 2 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Chicago police find killer in 65-year-old cold case murder of little girl — one of their own”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
The cold case murder of an 8-year-old Chicago girl that bedeviled investigators for 65 years has been solved — and the man tied to the killing was a homicide detective for the city’s police department.
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Chicago police find killer in 65-year-old cold case murder of little girl — one of their own
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