Rape victim's stolen gun may hold clues | Forensic Files

victim had a small 25 caliber gun in her purse was that gun ever recovered yes a
patrol officer in Hammond Indiana this is many years after the crime all the litigation of the crime stopped the
juvenile ped him down haded gun on him arrested him they never permit brought the subject in Inventor the gun VIIs is
tracking this gun and all of a sudden they say whoa this the type of gun that was taking off the victim here they
found the gun years later with essentially a gang member so her gun was recovered so I'm called immediately so I
go talk to this kid that they arrested he said well I got it from a guy I think he said cheese or something like this
street name well we know neither him or cheese participated in this rape and I'm
going to give you concrete evidence here at the time of the rape this guy that found a gun would have been 8 years old
so I can delete him don't you think M cheese would have been 12 years old so so they didn't do it that doesn't mean
they didn't get off of somebody that did it but who was that person and that was
somewhere in Illinois Chicago right Southside of Chicago the gun was later recovered in circumstances I think
consistent with this was a young group of what we might call punks five six years after this crime her gun was
recovered and it had been in the possession of someone who with known gang affiliations so I would find it to
be a good ending would be if somebody'd call me and say we ran those genotypes foran and we found them and we're going
to prosecute and we're going to prosecute them

A gun that was stolen during the 1989 brutal rape of a woman in Hammond, Indiana, could lead to some answers

Brief Summary

A recovered gun linked to a crime raises questions about gang involvement and the search for justice.

Key points

The Mystery of the Gun's Owner. Questions arise about who had the gun and their involvement in the crime.
The Recovery of the Gun. Years after the crime, the victim's gun is found in the possession of a gang member.
Hope for Prosecution. The speaker expresses hope for justice as they await DNA results.

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Who was that person?

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