http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-richard-speck-chicago-mass-murder-victims-20160421-story.htmlRosemary Regina SobolContact ReporterChicago Tribune
Editor's note: This story was first published on April 28, 2016, and is being republished to mark the 50th anniversary of the murders.
A couple of days after his basement flooded, John Schmale finally mustered the energy to head downstairs and investigate the damage.
In the basement's dim overhead light, a big, brown cardboard box caught his eye, a box so soggy its bottom was ready to fall out. He lugged it upstairs. He opened it.
Inside sat four square, off-white boxes labeled "Kodak," and on top of them lay a sheet of thin pink paper. He instantly recognized his mother's cursive handwriting.
With a rush of excitement and a pang of dread, he read her penciled note: "Nina South Chicago Hospital."
Nina. His little sister. One of eight young nurses killed in a Chicago townhouse on July 14, 1966, by a man who became notorious: Richard Speck.
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