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Kaitlyn Kearns

Case from Saint-anne, IL dated Nov 16, 2017

Victim Details

Kaitlyn Kearns

Female

White / Caucasian

Saint-anne

IL

2017-11-16

24

Kaitlyn

Kearns

06/26/2026

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Kaitlyn Kearns, a 24-year-old Caucasian woman from Mokena, Illinois, was found murdered on November 16, 2017, in a rural area near St. Anne, Illinois. Kearns was last seen alive at around 1:30 a.m. on November 13, 2017, after finishing her bartending shift at Woody's Bar in Joliet. She never made it home and did not show up for her other job the following morning. Her body was discovered with a single gunshot wound to the head, along with her 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee, in a remote area about 50 m ...
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  • Chicago Sun-Times: Man charged with murder in Joliet bartender's death
  • Katie Kearns' Body Found With Help From Facebook: Prosecutors
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