Crime & Safety

7-Year-Old Streator Boy's Murder Still Unsolved 20 Years Later

CBS 2's Chris Tye spoke to the mother and the FBI about the new theories, old questions, and the possibility that enough time has passed.

(CBS News Chicago)

August 17, 2023

STREATOR, Ill. (CBS) – Her 7-year-old son was killed 20 years ago while waiting for a church van in the small town of Streator, about two hours southwest of Chicago.

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His killer has never been found.

CBS 2's Chris Tye spoke to the mother and the FBI about the new theories, old questions, and the possibility that enough time has passed for a killer to come clean in the murder of Dalton Mesarchik.

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