Saturday, September 1, 2012

Chicago homicides

  • Fashion verdict: Jurors in Drew Peterson murder trial unanimous about clothing ...

    For a month, the jurors at the sensational murder trial of former suburban Chicago police officer Drew Peterson have been filing into court wearing matching clothes - all yellow one day; other days black, blue or green.

    www.washingtonpost.com

  • Jalen Stogner, Chicago Teen, Fatally Shot In Front Of His Mother Outside ...

    In a June 9, 2012 photo, the Chicago Police gang enforcement unit stops a car with four suspected gang members and arrests one of them on a warrant.

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • Police get federal help in crackdown on growing violence

    The shooting happened in the heart of the Harrison District, one of two police districts targeted by Chicago police officers in a year when the city has drawn national attention for its mounting homicides. Although Emanuel has credited the effort with ...

    articles.chicagotribune.com

  • Police get federal help in crackdown on growing violence

    The shooting happened in the heart of the Harrison District, one of two police districts targeted by Chicago police officers in a year when the city has drawn national attention for its mounting homicides. Although Emanuel has credited the effort with ...

    www.chicagotribune.com

  • University of Michigan's Clements Library displays bygone representations of ...

    On the other hand, we do know the famed 1893 "Devil in the White City" during Chicago's World's Columbian Exposition was eventually captured and executed.

    www.annarbor.com

  • Drew Peterson Trial: Prosecution Rebuttals Begin With Pathologist's Testimony

    The state called just two witnesses, both forensic pathologists, in a one-day rebuttal as they entered the last evidence against the former suburban Chicago police officer. Peterson has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the 2004 death of his ...

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • Chicago's Wild and 'Wilding' Days

    A study of 200 homicides conducted by Harold Pollack of the Crime Lab at the University of Chicago found that many of the killings have less to do with one crew challenging another than with an individual responding to even a seemingly minor affront ...

    www.thedailybeast.com

  • Wounded officer may need more surgery

    Chicago has been garnering national attention with homicides soaring 31 percent through Aug. 19, compared with a year earlier.

    articles.chicagotribune.com

  • 4 killed, 14 others wounded across Chicago

    Police are questioning two people in connection with that homicide. His mother, Tanya Williams said her son worked at a local Walgreens and Starbucks and was attending school to be a registered nurse in Rantoul before transferring back to Chicago.

    www.chicagotribune.com

  • Defense rests at Drew Peterson's murder trial; ex-cop tells judge he chose not ...

    JOLIET, Ill. - Drew Peterson's son testified Wednesday at his father's murder trial that he never believed his dad killed his mother.

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  • The Onion's Chicago homicide parody: Tasteless or acceptable?

    The Onion satirized Chicago's summer homicide rate, calling it a "hot new murder craze." The story has been gathering lots of buzz, and we at RedEye had some differing views on it.

    www.redeyechicago.com

  • Number of homicides on Saturday ties city's single-day record for 2012

    "I would see her and I'd get to see my mom at the same time." Diorio was one of six people slain that day in Chicago, tying Feb. 19 for the most homicides on a single day this year in the city, according to police statistics. Her slaying was among ...

    www.chicagotribune.com

  • Emanuel, McCarthy ask feds for help on South Side

    Mayor Rahm Emanuel has asked federal law enforcement for help in combating violence and drugs in two areas of Chicago that the city says have seen the highest increase in crime this year.

    www.chicagotribune.com

  • As Chicago Murders Pile Up, Police Chief Says City Not Losing War

    The Chicago killing fields continued unabated over the weekend, as seven more people were killed in the streets while 24 were wounded.

    atlantablackstar.com

  • Lack of cooperation stymies most shooting cases, Tribune finds

    "Shootings are a precursor to a homicide." Through the first seven months of 2012, there were 1,165 nonfatal shooting cases in Chicago, according to police records reviewed by the Tribune. Investigations into 75.9 percent of those cases have been ...

    www.chicagotribune.com

  • Columbia Links: Chicago Students Confront City's Violence Epidemic (VIDEO)

    Chicago's constant and growing problem with gun violence has captured national attention as it grows to hyperbolic proportions; but as the death toll rises, coverage of shootings and homicides becomes increasingly distanced from the human cost.

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • August is Chicago's deadliest month of the year

    Fifty-five homicides have been recorded so far this month in Chicago, making August the deadliest month of the year, a RedEye analysis of preliminary police data found.

    www.redeyechicago.com

  • Chicago homicides surge again in August

    The Chicago Tribune (http://trib.in/Rz85dr ) reports that the city had logged 38 homicides in August, as of Monday. That's three more than in all of August 2011.

    www.sfgate.com

  • Hot New 'Murder Craze' Sweeps Chicago

    CHICAGO—According to the nation's tastemakers and trendsetters, the city of Chicago is currently wrapped up in a hot new murder craze, with murders occurring almost every day of the week, and sometimes happening well into the night. "The South Side ...

    www.theonion.com

  • Judge at Drew Peterson murder trial highlights potential weakness in ...

    JOLIET, Ill. - The judge at Drew Peterson's murder trial exposed potential holes in the state's case against the former suburban Chicago police officer, telling prosecutors Friday that they have failed to either place Peterson in the bathroom where ...

    www.washingtonpost.com

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