Secret of 8-Year-Old Girl's Murder Revealed | The Killer Was a Police Homicide Detective!
The case of the murder of an eight-year-old girl in Chicago, which remained unsolved for more than 65 years, was finally resolved with the help of advanced DNA testing technologies. What makes the case even more shocking is the identity of the killer: a former police officer who worked for years in the criminal investigations department and whose job was to identify criminals.
According to Ambassador Arjan's report, quoted by the New York Post, the Chicago police have announced that Thomas Francis McInerney, the former detective of the city's homicide department, was responsible for the murder of Gloria Kovalicz; A girl who disappeared on November 12, 1960, while going to a church near their home.
Gloria, who lived in Chicago's West Englewood neighborhood, left home to attend a religious service, but never made it. His body was found hours later in a pit in a forest area in the southwest of the city. Investigations showed that the girl was killed by two shots to the head.
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Gloria's gruesome murder caused a wave of public concern and outrage at the time. Police and volunteer forces, including firefighters, scouts and retired soldiers, launched a massive operation to find the killer. Officers questioned about 1,300 people, but no one was identified as the killer, and the case remained unsolved for decades.
Clues preserved for more than six decades
At the place where the body was discovered, evidences such as bullets, girl's clothes and a white bag for mass were found. Officers also recorded fingerprints on her purse strap. These documents were preserved despite the passage of decades and eventually played a decisive role in solving the case.
According to American media, the advancement of DNA testing technology and the examination of genetic samples registered in databases related to family genealogy changed the course of research in 2024. Experts were able to link the genetic sample left from the crime scene to McInerney. Then matching fingerprints and ballistic tests also helped to confirm the results of the investigation.
McInerney was 24 years old when Gloria was killed and had joined the Chicago Police Department in 1959. He retired in 1987 as a violent crime detective and later worked as an investigator for the federal public defender's office in Nevada.
He died in 2006 at the age of 70 and was never tried for the murder. In response to the disclosure of the killer's identity, the Chicago police said that his actions were shameful and admitted that McInerney should never have worn a police badge.
Gloria's brother, Adam Kovalicz, expressed relief that the truth had come to light, but regretted that his sister's killer did not face justice before his death. Gloria's parents also died before the killer's identity was determined; Without knowing who killed their daughter.