Homicide Watch Chicago

By RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-Times Wire Reginald Hester told detectives he was angry that a woman who agreed to perform sex acts on him in exchange for $10 took his money and never returned. So he decided to “scare the b—-” and set her South Chicago building on fire, Cook County prosecutors said Wednesday. The … Read more →

By STEFANO ESPOSITO, ASHLEE REZIN, MITCH DUDEK, ANDY GRIMM, JORDAN OWEN and LUKE WILUSZ A man has been charged with murder and arson for the apartment building fire that left four people, including three children, dead three weeks ago in the South Chicago neighborhood. Reginald Hester, 51, faces four counts of first-degree murder and two … Read more →