# Rolando Cruz case

Overturned · 1983

Rolando Cruz (born 1963) is an American man known for having been wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death, along with co-defendant Alejandro Hernandez, for the 1983 kidnapping, rape, and murder of 10-year-old Jeanine Nicarico in DuPage County, Illinois. Cruz and Hernandez both became suspects after making detailed reports to the police, which they later claimed to be false, about the murder. Their first trial…

Original record: https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=20978879
Case page: https://realjustice.ai/cases/rolando-cruz-case-w20978879

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## Open questions

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## Sources

1. Wikipedia record (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=20978879


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