Chicago Police Say One of Their Own Killed 8-Year-Old Gloria Kowalewicz in 1960
Chicago police say former officer Thomas F. McInerney Jr., who died in 2006, killed 8-year-old Gloria Kowalewicz in 1960. DNA and a fingerprint led to him.
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Chicago police say former officer Thomas F. McInerney Jr., who died in 2006, killed 8-year-old Gloria Kowalewicz in 1960. DNA and a fingerprint led to him.
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