Police Hope Video Helps Catch Killer In 2015 Morgan Park Murder
Nearly four months after a man was found dead when a Morgan Park house exploded, police have released new images that might help break the case.
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Nearly four months after a man was found dead when a Morgan Park house exploded, police have released new images that might help break the case.
Richard James Kalecki, Jr. was found dead in a Calumet City cemetery. The exact cause of his death is under investigation, but preliminary reports from the Cook County medical examiner's office state that he killed himself, according to a statement from the Schererville Police Department released Sunday night.
Chicago Police released three surveillance photos Sunday and are asking for the public's help identifying a "person of interest" in a September homicide in the Morgan Park neighborhood on the Far South Side.
Saturday night, police were searching for Richard James Kalecki Jr., 49 and distributed his photograph to the media.
Emmanuel Harvey, who was working at an Oral-B toothbrush factory, was recently arrested out of state in the May 14 murder of 29-year-old Alvin Randolph.
Jason Van Dyke, 37, was indicted earlier this month on six counts of first-degree murder and one count of official misconduct. Van Dyke pleaded not guilty when he appeared before Judge Vincent Gaughan at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse on Tuesday.
Deangelo Green, 31, was arrested Monday and charged with first-degree murder and aggravated battery/discharge of a firearm, according to Chicago Police.
Donnie Rudd, 73, was arrested last week in Sugarland, Texas, for the cold case murder of Noreen Rudd on Sept. 14, 1973, according to the Cook County state's attorney's office.
A former Chicago attorney has been arrested in Texas for the 1973 murder of his wife. Police in Sugar Land, Texas, said 73-year-old Donnie Rudd waived extradition to Illinois, and should be headed back to Cook County soon.
The lawyer for the Chicago police officer charged with the murder of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald said he plans to ask for a change of venue before trial, claiming Mayor Rahm Emanuel's criticism of his client has tainted the potential jury pool.
Circuit Judge David Carlson sentenced Brian Trainauskas to 65 years of murder for the death of Monica Timar in January 2009, and five years for concealing a homicide, according to the Will County state's attorney's office.
A 17-year-old boy and an 18-year-old man have been charged with fatally shooting a man last November in the Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
Judge Mary Margaret Brosnahan said Thursday that David Biro's "discretionary" life sentence for the intentional homicide of an unborn child was not covered by a 2014 state Supreme Court ruling granting new sentencing hearings to people sentenced to life in prison for murders committed when they were under 18.
It was a "cold and callous murder that was stifling and stunning," Cook County Judge Charles Burns said Wednesday before sentencing Raymond Harris to life in prison without parole.
A man charged with beating his wife and teenage stepson to death with a metal baseball bat early Sunday in north suburban Beach Park has been ordered held on a $5 million bond.
Pressure continued to mount Monday for Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez and Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy to step down over their handling of the Laquan McDonald case.
An 18-year-old man has been charged with killing three people and wounding two others in a shooting two months ago during a barbecue in the South Side Fuller Park neighborhood.
A Cook County judge has set bail at $1.5 million for the Chicago police officer charged with killing 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, after reviewing the infamous video recording of the teen's death last October.
Alexander Scott, 31, was found guilty of first-degree murder on Feb. 12 after a bench trial before Judge Charles Burns, according to Cook County court records.
A Chicago police officer has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. Officer Jason Van Dyke was expected to appear for a bond hearing at noon Tuesday.
A person of interest in the murder of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee is free on bail after meeting the $1 million bond requirements ordered on a weapons charge.
A 12-year-old girl has told authorities that a fictional clown named "Laughing Jack" told her to kill her stepmother in July.
As Mubashra Uddin stood with her head bowed in court Thursday, her attorney Barry Sheppard urged the judge to set bail for the 19-year-old. But after hearing the details of the baby girl's death, Brown ordered that Uddin remain held without bond in Cook County Jail while she awaits trial for murder.
Jerry Mahaffey was convicted decades ago of killing Dean and JoEllen Pueschel, and beating their 12-year-old son almost to death.
Two men have been charged with the murder of a 19-year-old man last month in west suburban Aurora.
