Case continued for Cal City murder suspect

MARKHAM | Donol Clark, who faces criminal charges for the death of his live-in girlfriend in Calumet City, had a brief status hearing Friday morning in Cook County Circuit Court.

Slaying victim's friends donate money to area domestic violence shelters

Gena Chiodo

Slaying victim's friends donate money to area domestic violence shelters

Friends of a Calumet City woman who police say was beaten to death by her live-in boyfriend, will split money from a fundraiser among six Northwest Indiana and south suburban domestic violence organizations.

Friends to honor homicide victim with benefit

LANSING | Friends of a woman whom authorities believe was killed last year by her live-in boyfriend plan to celebrate what would have been her 43rd birthday with a benefit for domestic abuse organizations.

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Gena Chiodo

Chiodo’s 'second family' mourns death at one of her favorite hangouts

LANSING | Council 3540 of the Knights of Columbus is decorated for the holidays these days, with tiny Christmas stockings hanging around the bar for all the regulars.

Officials identify body as Gena Chiodo

Calumet City police chief Edward Gilmore and Lake County coroner Merrilee Frey confirmed the body found near Lowell Saturday is that of Gena Chiodo.

Coroner ID's body found near Lowell as missing Cal City woman

CALUMET CITY | Police said Monday a body found during the weekend near Lowell was that of a woman missing since early October who police suspected was killed by her live-in boyfriend.

Boyfriend enters not guilty plea in death of Cal City woman

MARKHAM | Donol Clark entered a not guilty plea Tuesday in connection with the slaying of his live-in girlfriend, Gena Chiodo, whose body has yet to be discovered more than a month after her disappearance.

Clark enters not guilty plea in death of Cal City girlfriend

Donol Clark

Calumet City man indicted in slaying of girlfriend

MARKHAM | A Calumet City man accused of killing his live-in girlfriend, a Munster hairstylist, learned Friday he had been indicted by a grand jury.

Cal City police using cadaver dog to search for Chiodo's body

CALUMET CITY | Calumet City police on Thursday brought in a cadaver dog to continue the search for a missing hairstylist believed killed by her boyfriend.

Family, friends want to know location of slain woman's body

MARKHAM | The family and close friends of a Calumet City woman who police suspect was killed by her live-in boyfriend are left with many questions.

Family, friends want to know where Chiodo’s body is

Gena Chiodo

Donol Clark

Prosecutors say bloodied house contradicts Clark’s account of girlfriend’s disappearance

CALUMET CITY | When police first confronted a man who now faces criminal charges in the death of his girlfriend, he said he woke up about noon Oct. 15 to discover her missing from their south suburban home.

Prosecutors say bloodied house contradicts Clark’s account of girlfriend’s disappearance

Donal Clark

Police have 'person of interest' in missing woman case

CALUMET CITY | Police said Saturday they have a “person of interest” in the case of a Calumet City woman who has not been seen for a week, and some of the woman's friends say they are hopeful police will solve the case.

Police chief: We have a person of interest in case of missing Cal City woman

CALUMET CITY | Police have a "person of interest" in the disappearance of a Munster hair stylist with hope remaining to find her alive, according to Police Chief Ed Gilmore.