One detective’s work demonstrates how CPD improved the homicide clearance rate

Source Chicago Tribune
Original Load Date Jan. 30, 2026, 6 a.m.
Last Updated Jan. 30, 2026, 6 a.m.
Original URL https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/30/one-detectives-work-demonstrates-how-cpd-improved-the-homicide-clearance-rate/

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Two days after a 19-year-old woman was fatally shot through the window of a second-floor apartment in Washington Park, a witness told a Chicago police detective, “This is gonna be taken care of anyways.” And in fact the April 2, 2019, murder of Jiaerra Harris was the first of at least five intertwi...