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After over a year of investigations, the Tinley Park Lane Bryant store - site of the horrific February 2008 robbery/shooting that left five women dead and a sixth injured - is no longer a crime scene according to police. The store had been shuttered since the shooting as police tried to collect any potential evidence and garner any new leads. According to police, all evidence has been removed and is being processed. The store will be turned over to Charming Shoppes Inc. Earlier this year, it was announced that all clothing not considered evidence would be donated to a pair of charities. [WBBM]

As the one-year anniversary of the tragic Lane Bryant shootings recently passed, some wondered what would become of the Tinley Park Lane Bryant location where five women were shot in a robbery. The shop has been closed down since the shooting as it's still considered an active crime scene. But what of the inventory? It seems the chain is going to donate all clothing that's not considered evidence. The beneficiaries of the donations will be homeless charity Together We Cope and the Crisis Center for South Suburbia, which benefits women who are victims of domestic abuse. Tinley Park Mayor Ed Zabrocki said, "They were in the front part of the store. They were not in the back of the store. Any of the clothes that were involved in the crime, or near the crime, have been taken by the police and they're in the evidence center. And the clothes that Lane Bryant has so nicely donated are all 100 percent good. There's no problem. Many of them are still in original packaging."

Today, February 2, marks the one-year anniversary of the Lane Bryant killings, when an unknown gunman walked into the Tinley Park location of the store and shot six women in a robbery, killing five. The lone survivor was able to give police a description of the killer, but in spite of several leads (most being proved false), the killer still remains at large. The victims were Rhoda McFarland, 42, of Joliet, Jennifer L. Bishop, 34, of South Bend, Ind.; Sarah Szafranski, 22, of Oak Forest; Connie Woolfolk, 37, of Flossmoor; and Carrie Hudek Chiuso, 33, of Frankfort. To mark the anniversary, family of friends of the victims gathered at the Tinley Park Convention Center to remember the victims and celebrate their lives.

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It's been six months since the Lane Bryant murders in Tinley Park, and the investigation continues. Apparently police are pursuing two different theories, at least according to stories in the news today. One theory is that the quintuple murder may be linked to the Chatham murders, in which five people were also killed—and police have made arrests. The other theory has sent police to Texas to investigate possible financial wrongdoings within a defunct church where store manager Rhoda McFarland had been an associate pastor. McFarland was one of the five victims.

The Trib and Sun-Times are reporting that police have arrested a suspect in the Tinley Park murders, but the Tinley Park PD says no arrests have been made.

The only survivor of the Tinley Park murders from this weekend released a statement yesterday as the investigation continues.

A 33-year-old woman who is the sole survivor of Saturday's Lane Bryant killings says the victims were all tied up and shot at close range in the back of the head; she survived because somehow the bullet went through her neck instead of her head. She placed the 911 call.

More details are emerging about the Tinley Park murders from this weekend. In addition to the five women who died, one woman was shot but survived and gave police a description of the gunman, who is still at large. Lane Bryant is offering $50,000 reward for information that leads to the shooter's arrest.

An unknown gunman went on a rampage inside a Lane Bryant store at Brookside Marketplace shopping center in south suburban Tinley Park earlier today, opening fire and killing five women. A police source is speculating that robbery was the motive, but the source had the same question we did -- why pick a clothing store to make your big score?