Unsolved Lane Bryant Murders: Filmmaker Charlie Minn Discusses 'Travesty'

The Lane Bryant Murders

• 🎯 On February 2nd, 2008, a man posing as a delivery driver entered a Lane Bryant store near Chicago and held five women hostage.
• 🔪 The perpetrator, armed with a 40 caliber Glock, forced the women into a back room, bound their hands with duct tape, and ordered them face down.
• 💔 By 10:44 a.m., the store manager managed to call 911, but by the time police arrived, all five women had been shot execution-style, with one miraculously surviving.

Investigation and Unsolved Case

• 🔍 Police created a 3D composite sketch of an African-American male, between 5'9" and 6' tall with a stocky build, wearing a black ski cap with braids or cornrows.
• ⏳ Despite nationwide sketches and billboards, the case remains unsolved 17 and a half years later, with the killer still at large.
• 🗣️ Filmmaker Charlie Minn calls the unsolved nature of this mass shooting a "travesty" and advocates for a change in police strategy.

Calls for Transparency and New Technologies

• 💡 Minn urges the Tinley Park PD to be more open with information, suggesting that social media and media collaboration could help solve the case.
• 🔬 He questions whether new technologies like genetic genealogy, which were not available in 2008, are being utilized to re-examine the evidence.
• 📢 Maurice Hamilton, brother of one of the victims, receives periodic updates but has no concrete information on the investigation's progress or the survivor's status.

Public Appeal for Information

• 📞 Viewers are urged to call a tip line (708-444-55394) with any information regarding the case.
• 🌐 Charlie Minn's website, TheTinley5.com, is also a resource for information, and his documentary, "Who Killed These Women?", is set for release next February.