Chicago police announced on October 13, 2026, that they have used newly discovered DNA evidence to link the 1960 murder of eight-year-old Gloria Kowalewicz to Thomas McInerney, a former homicide detective who passed away in 2006. The investigation revealed that McInerney had been deceased for 20 years when authorities made the identification. After retiring from the Chicago Police Department, he worked as an investigator for two federal public defender’s offices in Nevada.
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Chicago Police Identify Former Detective as Suspect in 1960 Child Murder Case
Chicago police have identified former detective Thomas McInerney as the suspect in the 1960 murder of eight-year-old Gloria Kowalewicz, using newly discovered DNA evidence. McInerney died in 2006, two decades before the identification was made public.
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Chicago Police Identify Former Detective as Suspect in 1960 Child Murder Case