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Former Chicago detective cold case child murder 2026
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FIRST ENTRY OCT 13
OCT 13 · Day 1
Former Chicago police detective linked by DNA to 8-year-old girl's cold-case murder
Thomas F. McInerney Jr. joined the Chicago Police Department in 1959.
Police interviewed more than 1,300 people during the investigation into Gloria Kowalewicz's murder.
A fingerprint was recovered from the strap of Gloria Kowalewicz's purse.