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Police used recently discovered DNA to pin murder of eight-year-old girl on Thomas McInerney, who died in 2006<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/chicago" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Chicago</a> police on Monday said they recently used newly discovered DNA evidence to tie the 1960 murder of an eight-year-old girl to one of its own former homicide detectives.Thomas McInerney had been dead for 20 years by the time authorities issued a statement identifying him as the killer of Gloria Kowalewicz – well after retiring from the Chicago police department (CPD) and two federal public defender’s offices in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/nevada" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Nevada</a> where he worked as an investigator. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/13/chicago-police-detective-child-killer-cold-case" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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