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(NewsNation) — A filmmaker moving connected a documentary astir the unsolved murders of 5 women astatine a Lane Bryant store successful suburban Chicago is urging constabulary to effort thing different.
“It’s been 17 and a fractional years — possibly alteration your strategy a small bit. It’s an implicit travesty that this is unsolved,” Charlie Minn told “Banfield” connected Thursday.
Authorities person not reported immoderate caller breaks successful the acold case, agelong aft releasing sketches of the gunman and garbled audio of the killer’s dependable that is heard connected a 911 signaling made erstwhile 1 of the victims called for help.
How the killings unfolded astatine Lane Bryant store
On Feb. 2, 2008, a antheral posing arsenic a transportation operator entered the Tinley Park store and pulled a weapon connected six women, forcing them into a backmost room. The gunman changeable each six, but 1 of the women survived and aboriginal helped constabulary make a sketch of the killer. Slain were Carrie Chiuso, 33; Connie Woolfolk, 37; Sarah Szafranski, 22; Rhoda McFarland, 42; and Jennifer Bishop, 34.
Maurice Hamilton, the member of McFarland, the pistillate who made the 911 call, said Tinley Park constabulary person updated families periodically. He told CBS his parent died past twelvemonth without knowing who killed Rhoda but the household remains hopeful they’ll larn his identity.
"I deliberation of the idiosyncratic arsenic a coward, and I privation thing but the worst for him," Hamilton said. "He'll travel to justness 1 day, whether it's present oregon up there."
Reward of $100,000 offered to ID killer
Linn told “Banfield” that societal media could 1 time interruption the case. He said constabulary would bash amended astatine this constituent by being much unfastened with the media, podcasters and filmmakers similar himself who tin scope wider audiences.
“I person a amended accidental of getting large than the Tinley Park PD releasing immoderate information. They are truthful tight-lipped,” helium said.
NewsNation reached retired to Tinley Park Police Chief Thomas Tilton by email seeking comment. The village’s website encourages the nationalist to connection tips astir the case, and a $100,000 reward is offered for accusation starring to the killer’s arrest. The telephone fig to permission tips is (708) 444-5394.
