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Bernadine Kinsey

Case from Chicago, IL dated Sep 03, 2013

Victim Details

Bernadine Kinsey

March 28, 2022

Female

Black / African American

Chicago

IL

2013-09-03

49

Bernadine

Kinsey

Yes

07/07/2026


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In a harrowing incident that shocked the West Side of Chicago, Bernadine Kinsey, a 49-year-old African American woman, was found dead after having been brutally stabbed and hidden in a closet for several days. Kinsey, who had a prior history of arrests related to prostitution, was reportedly inside a home in the West Garfield Park neighborhood when a fatal altercation took place.

According to prosecutors, Kinsey was with a 20-year-old man named Benjamin Esquivel when a quarrel erupted bet ...
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