Homicide Watch Chicago

By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times A man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for fatally shooting his roommate—mother of four Carnesha Fort—at their West Garfield Park neighborhood home in 2014. Erick Sanders, 21, was found guilty of murder Dec. 13 after a bench trial before Judge Carol Howard, according to Cook County court … Read more →

Erick Sanders / Photo from Chicago Police BY RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-Times After allegedly gunning down his on-and-off roommate in her bedroom last month, Cook County prosecutors said a sweaty and nervous Erick Sanders repeatedly admitted to a friend that he “messed up” and asked his mother to drive him to Indiana. As the mother … Read more →