Homicide Watch Chicago

By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times Wire A man has been sentenced to three years in prison for driving drunk and crashing into a median on the Dan Ryan Expressway near U.S. Cellular Field last year, killing his girlfriend, Chalan Peterson. Lyman B. Harvey, 36, pleaded guilty to one felony count of aggravated DUI in an … Read more →

By JEFF MAYES Homicide Watch Chicago During a week when the city’s attention was captivated by the video of the police shooting of LaQuan McDonald, and the subsequent protests; at least 11 people were killed in violence in Chicago. At least eight of those deaths occurred during a bloody Thanksgiving weekend during which nearly 30 … Read more →

By MITCH DUDEK Chicago Sun-Times A 35-year-old man was drunk and arguing with his girlfriend, Chalan V. Peterson, on Friday when he crashed into a median on the Dan Ryan Expressway near U.S. Cellular Field, killing her, Cook County prosecutors said. Peterson’s 2-year-old son, who was in the back seat, was not seriously injured. Lyman … Read more →