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'Most wanted' features judge's case

CHICAGO, March 7 (UPI) -- Chicago police got hundreds of calls about the slayings of the mother and husband of a Chicago federal judge after the case was on "America's Most Wanted."

A task force investigating the Feb. 28 killings at the home of U.S. District Judge Joan Lefkow had received 230 calls Friday and that number jumped to 606 by late Sunday afternoon. The Lefkow case the profiled on the FOX TV show Saturday night.

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"We were hoping having it on 'America's Most Wanted' ... will help us out," Chicago Police Superintendent Phil Cline told the Chicago Tribune. "We're looking for that one tip that will break this case open."

Services for Lefkow's husband, attorney Michael Leftkow, 64, were held Saturday.

Police are circulating sketches of two men seen in a parked car near the Lefkow home last Monday. The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to arrests of those responsible for the killings.

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