Ex-Chicago detective identified as killing child in 65-year cold case
Summary
Chicago police have identified Thomas McInerney, a former detective, as the murderer of eight-year-old Gloria Kowalewicz in a 1960 cold case. DNA evidence from a family tree website helped solve the case 65 years later, confirming McInerney's involvement after his death in 2006.Key Facts
- Gloria Kowalewicz was abducted and killed on November 12, 1960, in Chicago at age eight.
- Her body was found in a ditch near a forest preserve the same day.
- Thomas McInerney, a former Chicago police homicide detective, was identified as the killer through newly discovered DNA evidence.
- The DNA was matched using a genetic ancestry website, leading the FBI to connect McInerney to the crime scene.
- McInerney joined the Chicago police in 1959 and retired in 1987, later working as an investigator for federal public defender offices.
- Despite extensive investigations and many interviews in the 1960s, McInerney was not suspected during his lifetime.
- McInerney died in 2006, about 20 years before being named as the murderer.
- Chicago police expressed hope that identifying the killer would provide closure to Gloria’s family and community.
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