Chicago Strangler
- Year
- 2001
- Where
- Illinois
- Source
- Wikipedia
- Evidence
- 1
The Chicago Strangler is a suspected serial killer, or group of killers, believed by some to be responsible for the deaths of women in Chicago, Illinois. The Murder Accountability Project has identified 51 strangulation and asphyxiation deaths in the city between 2001 and 2018. Most of the victims were Black women, and many of the bodies were found on the city’s South and West Sides.
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