Pat and Tom Nicarico (at right) shake hands with Terry Haliw (left) as they are introduced by former State's Attorney and current appelate judge Joe Birkett prior to a groundbreaking ceremony at the future home of the Jeanine Nicarico Children's Advocacy Center on Tuesday, July 17, 2012. Haliw, currently a Roselle police officer, will become an investigator at the center once it is complete, which was named in the memory of the Nicarico's daughter who was murdered in 1983. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media

Tom and Pat Nicarico (center) are accompanied by family members and DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin (left) as they make their way toward a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the future home of the Jeanine Nicarico Children's Advocacy Center on Tuesday, July 17, 2012. The center is named in the memory of the Nicarico's daughter, who was abducted from her home and murdered in 1983. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media

DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin talks about the Jeanine Nicarico Children's Advocacy Center during a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday, July 17, 2012. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media

DuPage County Board Member Jim Healy talks about the future home of the Jeanine Nicarico Children's Advocacy Center during a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday, July 17, 2012. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media

Pat and Tom Nicarico talk about the memory of their daughter, Jeanine, during a groundbreaking ceremony at the Jeanine Nicarico Children's Advocacy Center on Tuesday, July 17, 2012. Pat Nicarico thanked DuPage County officials and said she believed that the spirit of Jeanine will watch over children at the center. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media

Pat Nicarico listens to presentations by DuPage County officials during a groundbreaking ceremony at the future home of the Jeanine Nicarico Children's Advocacy Center on Tuesday, July 17, 2012. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media

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Artist's rendering of the new DuPage County Children's Advocacy Center/Family Center in Wheaton. |Illustration courtesy~Serena Sturm Architects.

Special Agent Owen Putman of the Drug Enforcement Administration talks about the surge in heroin trafficking in the Chicago area his agency has seen the past few years during a community forum at North Central College on Monday, July 16, 2012. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media