“We decided now was the perfect time to bring in a fresh set of eyes to review the evidence,” Tinley Park Police Deputy Chief Lawrence Rafferty said,
Two new detectives have been assigned to the investigation of the 2008 murders of five women at a Lane Bryant store in Tinley Park.
“We decided now was the perfect time to bring in a fresh set of eyes to review the evidence,” Tinley Park Police Deputy Chief Lawrence Rafferty said in a statement. “The young officers we’ve assigned to this case have been doing an outstanding job so far, going back over hundreds of old leads and following up on new ones as they come in.”of the suspected gunman, which was compiled from eyewitness accounts.
“We’ve never given up on this case,” Tinley Park Mayor Michael Glotz said in a statement. “Every year, we make sure the police department has the resources they need to continue their investigation. We won’t rest until the killer is brought to justice and the families of those five innocent women have the closure they deserve.”
Store manager Rhoda McFarland, 42, of Joliet; Connie Woolfolk, 37, of Flossmoor; Sarah Szafranski, 22, of Oak Forest; Carrie Hudek Chiuso, 33, of Frankfort; and Jennifer Bishop, 34, of South Bend, were all killed. A sixth woman was also shot and wounded.