Ex-Chicago detective identified as killing child in 65-year cold case
Steady2 outlets reported this in 2 reports over 2 days
Tue, 13 October 2026Sat, 17 October 2026
What it is about
Thomas McInerneyGloria KowalewiczChicago policeCPDChicagoLas VegasPublic Defender Office In RenoAssociated PressIllinois State PoliceAmerica Statehouse News InitiativeAttorney Office In CookCook County, Illinois, United StatesAmericaChicago, Illinois, United StatesIllinois, United States
Who published it, and when
original reportfirst to report
The Guardian World
thenewsherald.com
13 Oct, 09:30over 4 days17 Oct, 09:35
How it spread - 2 original reports
Tue, 13 October 2026
1 report- The Guardian World09:30first to report
Police used recently discovered DNA to pin murder of eight-year-old girl on Thomas McInerney, who died in 2006 Chicago police on Monday said they recently used newly discovered DNA evidence to tie the 1960 murder of an eight-year-old girl to one of its own former homicide detectives. Thomas McInerney had been dead for 20 years by the time authorities issued a statement identifying him as the killer of Gloria Kowalewicz – well after retiring from the Chicago police department (CPD) and two...
Sat, 17 October 2026
1 report- thenewsherald.com09:35
“McInerney should never have worn the CPD star, and it is devastating to accept that he was never identified and held accountable while he was alive,” police said in a statement provided to The AP this week.