The Trail Went Cold - Episode 364 - The Lane Bryant Shooting

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.5 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

February 2, 2008. Tinley Park, Illinois. Police are summoned to a Lane Bryant clothing store at the Brookside Marketplace Shopping Center and discover that five victims have been fatally shot in the back room: the 42-year old store manager Rhoda McFarland, and four customers, 37-year old Connie Wolfolk, 34-year old Jennifer Bishop, 33-year old Carrie Hudek Chiuso, and 22-year old Sarah Szafranski. Even though another store employee was wounded with a bullet which grazed her neck, she winds up surviving and tells police that the shooting was committed by a black male. While the crime is suspected to be a robbery gone wrong, investigators are unable to find or identify the perpetrator or make much sense of his actions. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore the Lane Bryant Shooting, a baffling crime involving five murdered victims which has somehow managed to remain unsolved for 16 years. Additional Reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lane_Bryant_shooting https://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/16/grace.coldcase.lane.bryant/index.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2008-02-07-0802070622-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2008-08-02-0808010504-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-lane-bryant-anniversary-st-0202-20180201-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-lane-bryant-suspect-sketch-st-0202-20180201-story.html https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/tinley-park-lane-bryant-murders/169697/ https://abc7chicago.com/lane-bryant-shooting-murder-murders-tinley-park/11533547/ https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/lane-bryant-murders-tinley-park-15th-anniversary/ https://abc7chicago.com/tinley-park-lane-bryant-murders-unsolved-crime-il/12763590/ If you would like to make a donation to “Season of Justice”, please visit our donation page at https://givebutter.com/SOJ_thetrail or text “TRAIL24” to # 53555. “The Trail Went Cold” is on Patreon. Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content. “The Trail Went Cold” is going to be appearing on podcast row at “Crimecon UK” in London on September 21-22, 2024. To get a 10 % discount on the purchase of tickets to the event, please use our specialized promo code, “COLD24”, by visiting their website. “The Trail Went Cold” will be appearing at the True Crime Podcast Festival, taking place at the Denver Marriott Westminster in Colorado on July 12-14, 2024. To get a 15 % discount on tickets, please use our specialized promo code, “TRAIL”, by visiting https://truecrimepodcastfestival.com. The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote. All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

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0:14.9	Hello everyone, before we begin this episode, I would like to make a special announcement that the Trail went Cold will be partnering this month with Season of Justice, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping families shed new light on their cold cases and helping investigative agencies bridge the funding gap, preventing them from accessing cutting-edge
0:19.8	forensic technology.
0:22.4	Season of Justice is a connecting thread between advocacy and support for families and investigative agencies around the world,
0:29.0	and will give you the power to have a direct and meaningful impact on something you are passionate about.
0:35.2	So for the month of February, we would like to invite you, the listeners to join us in a special
0:40.1	campaign in support of Season of justice, which works directly with families
0:44.6	to fund comprehensive awareness campaigns in hopes of bringing a resolution to unsolved cases.
0:50.7	They provide grants to investigative agencies that fund DNA testing and forensic genetic genealogy research to solve cold cases.
0:59.0	Since 2020, Season of Justice has raised more than $1 million in grants for more than 140 cold cases in North America, and six of them have wound up being solved.
1:10.0	As an example of their efforts, they raised money for a billboard about the unsolved murder of Leon Lorellis, which I covered on episode number 297 of this podcast.
1:20.0	But season of justice can't do this alone, which is why we're asking you to consider donating this month.
1:27.0	If you are able to make a donation to season of justice that is meaningful to you,
1:31.0	you'll be helping victims families find answers.
1:34.7	You can join us today in supporting season of justice with a donation by visiting
1:39.8	Give Butter.com slash Soj, underscore, the trail, or by texting Trail 24 to 53555.
1:51.3	You'll also find links and information about this in our show notes and on our
1:55.2	social media pages. Our campaign with season of justice will be lasting the
1:59.6	entire month of February and there will be more reminders on our upcoming episodes.
2:04.8	So thank you very much for your support and enjoy today's episode.
2:10.0	February 2nd, 2008.
2:13.2	Tinley Park, Illinois.
2:15.9	Police are summoned to Elaine Bryant Clothing Store at the Brookside Marketplace
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