charges in the 1993 murder of Tricia Pacaccio, the parents of the slain teen blasted the Cook County State’s attorney’s office for failing to act on a 2003 match between the primary suspect and DNA discovered on their daughter’s fingernails..." /> charges in the 1993 murder of Tricia Pacaccio, the parents of the slain teen blasted the Cook County State’s attorney’s office for failing to act on a 2003 match between the primary suspect and DNA discovered on their daughter’s fingernails..." /> charges in the 1993 murder of Tricia Pacaccio, the parents of the slain teen blasted the Cook County State’s attorney’s office for failing to act on a 2003 match between the primary suspect and DNA discovered on their daughter’s fingernails..." />
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Michael Gargiulo to Be Charged with Killing Tricia Pacaccio
By Bryan Smith
Chicago has learned that Cook County authorities on Thursday will charge a Los Angeles man with the 1993 murder of Glenview teenager Tricia Pacaccio, ending a nearly two-decade quest by the girl’s family to bring their daughter’s killer to justice. Michael Gargiulo, 35, was a primary suspect... Read more
Intersected
By Bryan Smith
Two fatal crashes in two months turn a stretch of Illinois Street near the Tribune Tower into a memento mori. Read more
Playing For Keeps
By Bryan Smith
Five days a week, a group of widowers and retirees gather around three worn pool tables in a South Shore rec room to shoot some stick and razz one another. The men are old; their bodies are breaking down—but to Baby Ray and the rest, the place is one big, slow gulp from the fountain of youth. Read more
@MayorEmanuel is Dan Sinker
By Bryan Smith
Rahm Emanuel's Twitter doppleganger is a Columbia College prof and former editor of the late, great Punk Planet, who gave us a great lesson in digital storytelling... Read more