MURDER
CASE #: 1982-23
Lauren Bieze
Status:
Open
Date of Offense:
Date of Offense:
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Offense Location:
Wayne Township, Illinois
Summary:
Lorraine Frances Bieze, age 21, was murdered on August 31, 1982, in Wayne Township, Illinois. Her body was found near Chicago Central and Pacific railroad tracks by Pratt's Wayne Woods Forest Preserve. She had been sexually assaulted and strangled. The murder remains unsolved.
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Circumstances of Offense:
The body of Lorraine Bieze was found near the Chicago Central and Pacific railroad tracks in unincorporated Wayne Township at Pratt's Wayne Woods Forest Preserve on August 31, 1982. She had been sexually assaulted and strangled. She was 21 years old at the time of her death.
Additional Details:
The murder of Lorraine Bieze remains unsolved. In 1997, during federal court proceedings involving Thomas Kokoraleis, a defendant in the Ripper Crew serial killings case, Kokoraleis testified that he had told police he was involved in Bieze's murder. However, a police officer was called to testify that he believed Kokoraleis did not commit the Bieze murder. The case has not been closed and no arrests have been made.
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