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Illinois' Second Largest City Had No Murders in 2012

Aurora's no Chicago

Reason Staff | 1.3.2013 1:48 PM

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Good news on the crime front in Illinois' second largest city.

There were zero murders in Aurora in 2012. That hasn't happened since 1946.

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