Season 13’s cryptic finale left fans puzzled as Voight stared at a photo of a woman and child—never referenced before. But here’s the twist: the storyline is reportedly based on a real 1980s Chicago cold case involving a missing woman and her son, believed to have ties to a corrupt cop.
The writers found the case while researching unsolved crimes from the CPD archives. Jason Beghe, who plays Voight, insisted the scene remain quiet and ambiguous to reflect the haunting real-world origins.
“There’s a personal wound in Voight that goes way back. And it’s not fiction,” Beghe said. “We owe it to the families who never got closure.”
Fans now speculate that Season 14 could be Voight’s most emotional arc yet—one rooted in a mystery that Chicago itself never solved.
