March 9, 1929: An Unknown Chicago Perp Never Brought to Justice

On March 9, 1929, 19-year-old Alline Lavell Brown died in Chicago from a criminal abortion. This young black woman worked as a house maid. 

According to the Homicide in Chicago Interactive Database, the culprit was never identified or brought to justice.

Keep in mind that things that things we take for granted, like antibiotics and blood banks, were still in the future.