Dixmoor 5

The teens alleged that they were coerced into confessing, claiming they were physically abused and threatened during their interrogations.

[1][2] In 2011, DNA tests connected semen on Cateresa to another man, Willie Randolph, a convicted sex offender who had recently been released on parole.

[4] A suit filed by the five men alleges police withheld exculpatory evidence, including the DNA, from their defense teams.

[3] On August 20, 2024, Jonathan Barr, one of the Dixmoor 5, was shot to death during a mass shooting in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, in the South Side of Chicago.

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