Murder charges to be filed in Chicago-area girl's 1991 death

  • 2/5/2023
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MARKHAM, Ill., Dhu-AlQa'dah 29, 1437, Sep 1, 2016, SPA -- A 58-year-old man will be charged Thursday with murder and kidnapping in the 1991 killing of a 14-year-old suburban Chicago girl, prosecutors said, according to AP. More than two years ago, five men reached a $40 million settlement with Illinois State Police after they were cleared of all charges in the death of Dixmoor teenager Cateresa Matthews. The men, known as the "Dixmoor Five," spent a decade or more in prison before DNA evidence pointed to Willie Randolph, not them, in Cateresa's killing. The Cook County State's Attorney's office says Randolph will appear in bond court Thursday afternoon on charges of murder, kidnapping and predatory criminal sexual assault. Randolph is already serving a three-year sentence for drug possession in an Illinois state prison. He is a registered sex offender. The investigation into Cateresa's killing started anew in 2014, following DNA testing in 2011 that failed to link any of the five imprisoned men to the crime, but instead indicated Randolph was involved. Dixmoor police asked the Cook County sheriff for help, and Cook County prosecutors' cold case unit also assisted. -- SPA 21:20 LOCAL TIME 18:20 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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