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Bernadine Blunt

Case from Chicago, IL dated Aug 18, 2001

Victim Details

Bernadine Blunt

Female

Black / African American

Chicago

IL

2001-08-18

39

Bernadine

Blunt

07/16/2026

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On August 18, 2001, the body of Bernadine Blunt, a 39-year-old Black woman, was discovered inside an abandoned building located at 331 East Kensington Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. She had been strangled to death, and her murder was later linked to a string of similar killings that occurred in the city during the summer of 2001. Blunt, like the other victims, was known to be involved in sex work and struggled with substance use. Her death marked the fourth in a series of murders targeting vulnera ...
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