News of the Weird
Cold Case Unit Looks Reopens 1939 Slaying
By Bob Hudson
Jan 12, 2010 - 2:11:13 PM

Chicago police have agreed to look into the 1939 gangland-style slaying of the father of the city's most famous war hero. On Tuesday, Deputy Chief Al Wysinger said his cold case unit would investigate the slaying of businessman Edward J. O'Hare at the request of Alderman Edward Burke. O'Hare was the father of World War II hero Edward "Butch" O'Hare, after whom the city's busiest airport is named.

Edward J. O'Hare had ties to the notorious mobster Al Capone, and some historians contend that Edward J. O'Hare was a police informant who helped put Capone away for tax evasion. No one was ever arrested in Edward J. O'Hare's killing, and there is no statute of limitations on murder.