The Hunt for the Chicago Strangler

Very good in bringing awareness to how black women do not get the attention they deserve when missing and/or murdered. This case should have had a task force a long time ago.

Pointing out the insane number of predominantly black women being strangled and dumped in Chicago this documentary does not spectacularly end with one serial killer behind bars but illuminates:

• the reasons for these parts of the city having become a "hunting/dumping" ground
• the Murder Accountability Project - a database to find clusters and offer an opportunity to spot similarities between homicides - ( I didn't know about it and was instantly super excited. I can only pray & hope the EU can find 2 active braincells to instigate such a project for Europe).

• the refusal of people in charge (police, politics?) to take the whole subject matter seriously (for example: Mr Hargrove having contacted Gary, Indiana police because of a pattern he saw before serial killer Vann was caught. Police dismissed him. Police giving false information when asked if they'd communicated with Hammond police regarding Vann's victims.)
• some of the victims, their lives & their loved ones
• and the people trying to do something

No empty talk, no empty visuals - (no re enactments thank God)

I am excessively watching crime related stuff ( - anything crime/psychology/forensic: I want it - if it's not distorted by a. Re enactments for dramatisation or b. Commentary by unrelated, unqualified people for filler purposes) and I am telling you: Seriously! Watch it!

It's educative, respectful, moving & inspiring.

PS: Please don't listen to reviewers feeling personally attacked by people who try to instigate dialogues underlining flaws in the 'system'. A system upheld by humans - a system that can also be changed by humans.

I've never in my life wanted a documentary, if we could call it that, to be over and done with. The bias towards police and political wining is such an annoying theme throughout that it misses the entire point. The "but what about white people...." nonsense was so 2019 and needs to stay there. If they had focused on the actual crimes then maybe they could of helped these women victims but here we are.

True crime is something we enjoy watching in our home, but this program has very little to do with the investigation and really doesn't focus on the women who lost their lives. Instead, it's just a lot of people bellyaching about how the whole world is against them. Who are the real victims here?? What a disgrace.

I absolutely love the reason as to why this documentary was created and brought to life. The unfortunate, brutal murders of these innocent, beautiful QUEENS is a travesty and is BEYOND overdue. We all know why this has been swept under the rug and disregarded...the only issue I have with this documentary is how it somewhat goes on a tan grant and introduces soooo many people who sort of have nothing to do with tracking down the perpetrator(s). There's a point where-after realizing that this was happening and no one has been captured-it 1) makes me furious and 2) loses my interest. It's as though, now that this is getting publicized, what is the next step???? How is the community and society doing their due diligence to get some answers..????? Where do we go from here??