Chapter 1: What happened during the Lane Bryant store hostage situation in 2008?
Hi, Crime Junkies, I'm your host, Ashley Flowers. And today, I wanna tell you about a case that has stuck with me for years. In 2008, on a Saturday morning, a man walked into a Lane Bryant store in Tinley Park, Illinois, and held six women at gunpoint. Five of them were murdered. What's always stood out about this case is what investigators had almost immediately, a surviving witness,
A detailed composite sketch, even the suspect's voice captured on a 911 call. But nearly two decades later, no one has been identified and all potential leads went cold. Now, I first started looking into this case for Crime Junkie. And I took to my socials and asked you all for any information that could help us unravel this mystery.
Chapter 2: What evidence and leads have emerged in the Lane Bryant murder case?
And so many tips and theories flooded my inbox that instead of answers, it felt like every lead I got just led to more questions. So today, I want you to hear how those questions then led to something bigger. For the newest season of CounterClock, host Delia D'Ambra is going to dig into the Lane Bryant murders, dig into the evidence, the timeline, and the details that still don't add up.
So I want you to go and binge every episode of CounterClock Season 8. And then when you're done, you can head back here to Crime Junkie for more cases every week. Now, here is just a taste of what you're going to get this season on CounterClock.
It started out as just another day in a popular clothing store, but it ended in a bloody massacre. A deadly shooting rampage at upscale Lane Bryant ladies clothing store. Six women gunned down, execution style.
The February 2008 Lane Bryant homicides in Tinley Park, Illinois, are a notorious case that for nearly two decades have looked like one type of crime, but might just be something much, much bigger.
It was like a big jigsaw puzzle and most of the pieces were upside down.
For the last year, I've been heads down trying to turn every puzzle piece in this complicated case right side up.
The search continues for the gunman. We, in those early days, did not know somebody had survived. We were worried about her safety.
What if this guy has her information and has all of our information? This season on CounterClock, we're going inside a law enforcement investigation that has been locked behind closed doors for years.
None of it made sense. The timing, the target, the victims, and the length of time that he stayed in the store. What were you doing in there for 40 minutes?
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Chapter 3: How did social media contribute to the investigation of the Lane Bryant murders?
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