Editing Charles H. Percy (section)

=== Murder of Valerie Percy ===
[[1966 United States Senate election in Illinois|In 1966]], Percy ran for [[United States Senate|U.S. senator]] from Illinois. However, his 21-year-old daughter Valerie was murdered at the family home on the morning of September 18, late in the campaign. Her death was thought to have been caused by an intruder. After Illinois state police interviewed more than 14,000 people, spent over $300,000, and pursued 1,317 leads, lead No. 273 was the most viable, leading them to Francis Leroy Hohimer and Frederick Malchow, whom they believed committed the murder while robbing the house. The men were part of gang of Mafia-backed thieves that would rob wealthy homes. Chicago detectives are certain of at least 30 jobs the gang pulled, with an excess of $3,000,000 in jewels and cash. Testimony from several key people after the murder stated Hohimer confessed to them that he killed Percy because she woke up. However, no physical evidence was ever found to connect either of them to scene, and nothing was stolen from the home that night. The crime was never solved despite a lengthy investigation.<ref name="Goudie2006">{{cite web |last=Goudie |first=Chuck |date=September 14, 2006 |title=Percy Killing: The Forty Year File 9/15/06 |url=http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=investigative&id=4563621 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113171951/http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news&id=4563621 |archive-date=January 13, 2014 |access-date=July 21, 2009 |work=[[WLS-TV|abc7chicago]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=TIME |date=1973-12-10 |title=CRIME: Percy Lead No. 273 |url=https://time.com/archive/6842115/crime-percy-lead-no-273/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804021710/https://time.com/archive/6842115/crime-percy-lead-no-273/ |archive-date=Aug 4, 2024 |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=TIME |language=en}}</ref>