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Students. Known for. Murder victims. The murder of the Grimes sisters is an unsolved double murder that occurred in Chicago, Illinois, on December 28, 1956, in which two sisters named Barbara and Patricia Grimes—aged 15 and 12 [n 2] respectively—disappeared while traveling from a Brighton Park movie theater to their home in McKinley Park.
Organized crime – notable homicides involving the Italian-American organized crime syndicate or crime family based in Chicago. These include the 1929 Saint Valentine's Day Massacre and the 1977 murder of Sam Giancana. Lynchings and race riots – homicides associated with lynching and race riots. These include the 1844 Killing of Joseph Smith ...
Silas Carter Jayne (July 3, 1907 – July 13, 1987) was a Chicago -based stable owner, horse trainer, and horse trader who was heavily involved in criminal activity, including fraud, intimidation, arson, and murder. He covered up the infamous Peterson-Schuessler murders and hired the murder of his stepbrother. Silas was also tried and acquitted ...
May 23, 1981 – October 6, 1982. Country. United States. State (s) Illinois. Date apprehended. October 20 - November 12, 1982. The Ripper Crew or the Chicago Rippers was an organized crime group of serial killers, cannibals, rapists, and necrophiles. The group was composed of Robin Gecht [1] and three associates: Edward Spreitzer, and brothers ...
The murder of 29-year-old Jason Hudson and his mother Darnell Donerson, occurred on October 24, 2008. They were discovered shot to death inside Donerson's home in Chicago, Illinois . [ 1 ] The victims were the brother and mother of singer Jennifer Hudson .
Nicole M. Abusharif[1] (born September 14, 1980) [2] is an American woman, convicted of the 2007 Villa Park, Illinois murder of her domestic partner, Rebecca "Becky" Klein. After being found guilty of first-degree murder in May 2009, Abusharif was sentenced to 50 years in prison at the Dwight Correctional Center in Nevada Township, Illinois.
Weapon. Knife. Date apprehended. April 29, 1992. Jesse Michael Anderson (May 3, 1957 – November 30, 1994) was an American criminal. Anderson was convicted of the murder of his wife, Barbara Anderson, and in attempting to escape blame for the murder, he wounded himself and claimed to police that the couple had been attacked by two black men.
Chicago Outfit. The Chicago Outfit (also known as the Outfit, the Chicago Mafia, the Chicago Mob, the Chicago crime family, the South Side Gang or the Organization) is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Chicago, Illinois, which originated in the city's South Side in 1910. The organization is part of the larger Italian-American Mafia.