Former Chicago police detective linked by DNA to 8-year-old girl's cold-case murder, police say
DNA evidence and a fingerprint linked Thomas F. McInerney Jr., a former Chicago police detective, to the 1960 cold case murder of Gloria Kowalewicz.
TL;DR
- Former Chicago homicide detective Thomas F. McInerney Jr. identified as the killer of 8-year-old Gloria Kowalewicz.
- Gloria Kowalewicz disappeared and was murdered in 1960 while walking to church.
- Advances in DNA technology and a preserved fingerprint from the crime scene led to the identification.
- McInerney, who joined the police department in 1959 and retired in 1987, died in 2006.
- Authorities are examining other cases that may have involved McInerney.
- Gloria's parents died without knowing who killed their daughter.