Clothing Store Massacre Leaves 5 Dead

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Detectives say this man killed five women and injured another in a brutal mass murder at a women's clothing store in a Chicago suburb.

On Feb. 2, 2008, a man posing as a delivery man walked in to the Lane Bryant clothing store in Tinley Park, Ill. The sole surviving eyewitness told cops that the man quickly pulled out a gun and the situation escalated within minutes.

Police say the five victims were all women. They were found inside the store, bound with clothing and duct tape and shot execution-style in the head. A sixth woman was shot in the neck and miraculously survived. 

The biggest clue?

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This could be the best clue to the killer's identification. An eyewitness told cops that she saw the killer had a braid over his right ear. The end of the braid had four light-green beads on the end. A police sketch artist incorporated those clues into this rendering.

AMW took surveillance video from the parking lot of the shopping center where the killings happened to the leading expert on video enhancement Dr. David Hathaway of NASA. Dr. Hathaway and AMW correspondent Jon Leiberman found two mysterious vehicles on the tape.

At 10:39 a.m., shortly before the 911 call is made from inside the store, a van or SUV arrives in front of the store and parks head-on directly in front of the door.  At 10:40 a.m., another car arrives and parks nearby. What's more, at 10:45 a.m., that vehicle leaves, and less than a minute later, the other vehicle departs. The vehicles leave right around the same time police believe the killer would be leaving the area. Now, police are hoping to use these grainy images to help identify the vehicles. Cops think the vehicles at the very least contain witnesses to the crime, and could even be linked to the killer.

»See The Surveillance Photos

Victims Mourned As A Community Searches for Answers

An entire community continues to mourn the five victims and search for answers. Police called on area pastors to reach out to their congregations for any information people may have about the killings. Inside the Full Gospel Christian Assemblies Church, Apostle Ron Wilson is calling on his congregants to throw out the "stop snitching" mantra and help police find this brutal killer.  He says the murders of Connie Woolfolk, Sarah T. Szafranski, Carrie Chiuso, Rhoda McFarland and Jennifer  Bishop must be solved.

»Hear Pastor Ron Wilson's Message

A $55,000 reward -- most of which is being paid for by Lane Bryant's parent company, Charming Shoppes Inc. -- is being offered for information leading to the suspect's arrest. In fact, Lane Bryant has also established the "Lane Bryant Tinley Park Memorial Fund" to honor the lives and memories of the five victims. The fund will be used to provide financial assistance to the immediate families of the victims.