5 Lane Bryant Employees Inexplicably Killed in Illinois Store Subject of Documentary 18 Years Later, as $100,000 Reward Remains

The crime continues to leave a mark on the Tinley Park community, though the store itself was repurposed in 2013 after sitting vacant for 6 years

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  • Six women were tied up and shot in the back of a Lane Bryant store in Tinley Park, Ill., on Feb. 2, 2008
  • 18 years later, family and friends hope for answers as the search for the suspect continues, with a $100,000 reward on the table
  • Former America’s Most Wanted producer Charlie Minn has made a documentary about the case in hopes of getting new information leading to an arrest

Family members of the victims of the Lane Bryant murders are continuing to look for answers.

On Feb. 2, 2008, an unknown suspect entered a Lane Bryant location in Tinley Park, Ill., where four employees were on shift, tending to two customers. The assailant, posing as a delivery driver, entered the store and tied up the six women inside.

Rhoda McFarland, 42; Connie Woolfolk, 37; Jennifer Bishop, 34; Carrie Chiuso, 33; Sarah Szafranski, 22, were all shot execution style and died of their injuries. The sixth woman shot, a part-time employee at the store who survived her injuries, has never been publicly identified by police. One of the women was also sexually assaulted by the suspect, though police have never revealed which of the victims was involved…

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