Crime & Safety
Murderer Charged With Killing Woman in Wheaton in 1976
Michael Whitney, 58, is charged with the murder of a woman in Wheaton in 1976, the Chicago Tribune reports.
A murderer was charged Tuesday in a cold case murder that happened in Wheaton over 30 years ago, the Chicago Tribune reported.
Michael Whitney, 58, was charged with the murder of Darlene Stack, a 28-year-old medical technician student, according to the report. Stack was found stabbed 35 times in her room in a boarding house in the 1400 block of North Stoddard Avenue in Wheaton in August of 1976.
DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin will announce the charges at a news conference Tuesday afternoon.
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