Lane Bryant Shooting

When Rhoda McFarlane went to work on a freezing day in February, she opened the store she managed and started her shift.

Eight minutes later, an armed man entered the store and held her and 5 other women hostage before fleeing the scene.

Photos of Carrie Chiuso

Photos of Connie Woolfolk

Photos of Sarah Szafranski

Photos of Rhoda McFarland

Photos of Jennifer Bishop

Lane Bryant cordoned off by investigators 

Memorial for the victims outside of Lane Bryant

Media coverage of the case

Suspect

If you have any information that could help investigators, there is a dedicated tip line for the investigation: 708-444-5394, as well as an email address: LaneBryant.TipLine@tinleypark.org. There is still a $100,000 reward.

Resources

• https://web.archive.org/web/20080206103653/http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/02/02/store.shooting/index.html

• https://archive.ph/20130204125035/http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2008/02/05/news/illiana/doc2b3e9d912895e171862573e60004bd7d.txt

• https://web.archive.org/web/20080206113735/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/store_shooting

• https://web.archive.org/web/20080214161105/http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/787588%2CCST-NWS-shoot11.article

• https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-lane-bryant-anniversary-st-0202-20180201-story.html

• https://patch.com/illinois/tinleypark/lane-bryant-slayings-remain-unsolved-after-13-years

• https://patch.com/illinois/tinleypark/why-we-should-talk-about-the-lane-bryant-shooting

• https://cms6.revize.com/revize/tinleypark/document_center/Police%20Department/Lane%20Bryant%20Homicide%20Investigation/2-4-08%20update.PDF

• https://cms6.revize.com/revize/tinleypark/document_center/Police%20Department/Lane%20Bryant%20Homicide%20Investigation/2-6-08%20update.PDF

• https://cms6.revize.com/revize/tinleypark/document_center/Police%20Department/Lane%20Bryant%20Homicide%20Investigation/Lane_Bryant0207.PDF

• https://cms6.revize.com/revize/tinleypark/document_center/Police%20Department/Lane%20Bryant%20Homicide%20Investigation/Lane_Bryant0209.PDF

• https://cms6.revize.com/revize/tinleypark/document_center/Police%20Department/Lane%20Bryant%20Homicide%20Investigation/4-4-08%20update.PDF

• https://cms6.revize.com/revize/tinleypark/document_center/Police%20Department/Lane%20Bryant%20Homicide%20Investigation/6-10-08%20update.PDF

• https://abc7chicago.com/archive/6145156/

• https://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/16/grace.coldcase.lane.bryant/index.html

• https://abc7chicago.com/archive/8975873/

• https://web.archive.org/web/20080209151120/http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/779911,020608survivor.article

• https://web.archive.org/web/20080210074144/http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/782275,profile020708.article

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiVk_6t0aPY

• https://web.archive.org/web/20080211090636/http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/784392,tinley020808.article

• https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2008-02-19-0802180448-story.html

• https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2008-08-02-0808010504-story.html

• https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/lane-bryant-shootings-mass-murder-chicago-unsolved

• https://patch.com/illinois/joliet/lane-bryant-murders-remembering-joliets-rhoda-mcfarland

• https://abc7chicago.com/lane-bryant-murders-mass-murder-tinley-park-i-team/3014564/

• https://abc7chicago.com/archive/5946860/

• https://www.newspapers.com/image/4766480/?terms=lane%20bryant&match=1

• https://www.newspapers.com/image/539379800/?terms=lane%20bryant&match=1 

• https://www.newspapers.com/image/538735075/?terms=lane%20bryant&match=1

• https://web.archive.org/web/20080207003547/http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/774882,woolfolk020308.article

• https://web.archive.org/web/20080206075846/http://www.southtownstar.com/news/774733,0203sarah.article

• https://web.archive.org/web/20080206143824/http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/774788,bishop020308.article

• https://web.archive.org/web/20080204222208/http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/774571,CST-NWS-SSIDE03.article

• https://web.archive.org/web/20080210072145/http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/781835,CST-NWS-shoot07.article

• https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/us/05tinley.html

• https://unresolved.me/the-lane-bryant-shooting

• https://web.archive.org/web/20080215235654/http://www.southtownstar.com/news/776880,020508shootingfolo.article

• https://web.archive.org/web/20080626103355/http://www.nbc5.com/news/16258438/detail.html

• https://web.archive.org/web/20080804235711/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-lane_bryant_webaug01,0,1642159.story

• https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/theherald-news/name/rhoda-mcfarland-obituary?id=29557799 

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24483359/rhoda_c.-mcfarland 

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24482584/jennifer-lynn-bishop