Merlita Gargullo

In the summer of 1966, a sense of promise filled the air for Merlita Gargullo, a bright and hardworking 23-year-old woman. An exchange nurse from the Philippines, she had traveled to Chicago to further her training at the South Chicago Community Hospital. Merlita, known for her rich singing voice, was described as pretty but shy. She and two other Filipina nurses had recently moved into a townhouse on the city's South Side, joining six American student nurses. The young women had just thrown a w ...

In 1966, a White man named Richard Speck murdered ...

Richard Speck's murder victims in Chicago.