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Loretta Purcell

Case from Chicago, IL dated Oct 25, 2016

Victim Details

Loretta Purcell

March 28, 2022

Male

Caucasian / White

Chicago

IL

2016-10-25

84

Loretta

Purcell

07/12/2026


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Loretta Purcell, aged 82, was found dead on October 25, 2016, alongside her son Christopher Kelly Purcell, aged 58, in a tragic incident in the West Town neighborhood of Chicago. The situation unfolded following a five-hour barricade standoff with SWAT officers, who eventually entered the apartment in the 800 block of North Wolcott Avenue. Authorities described the incident as a domestic-related murder-suicide. Loretta Purcell had been stabbed to death, while details of her son's death were init ...
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  • Mother, son found dead in apparent murder-suicide after West Town ...
  • Man stabs 84-year-old mom to death, then kills himself: 'It's brutal'
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    It's been almost seven years since the sorrowful incident involving Loretta Purcell and her son Chri... ...Read More
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