Homicide Watch Chicago

By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times Wire A Far South Side man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for stabbing Janice Coleman to death after a night of drinking in the Roseland neighborhood in 2015. Chris Moore, 59, was found guilty of murder Dec. 12 after a bench trial before Cook County Judge Erica … Read more →

BY CHANTELLE NAVARRO Homicide Watch Chicago Janice Coleman cared for more than her nine children and 24 grandchildren — she also frequently helped relatives and neighbors, family said. “If she wasn’t taking care of the kids, she was taking care of the elderly in our family,” said Coleman’s niece, Dornise Pewett. Coleman, 48, was stabbed … Read more →

BY JORDAN OWEN Sun-Times Media A Far South Side man awaiting trail on a battery charge is now accused of stabbing a woman to death when she tried to leave a Roseland gathering with another man Saturday, prosecutors said. Chris Moore, Janice Coleman and others spent Saturday morning drinking at an acquaintance’s home in a … Read more →

A 48-year-old woman was stabbed to death in the Roseland neighborhood Sunday. Police found Janice Coleman dead inside a home in the 11300 block of South Parnell Avenue about noon Sunday, authorities said. A Monday autopsy determined Coleman, of an unidentified home address, died of multiple stab wounds and the death was ruled a homicide, … Read more →

BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago Editor Two people were shot to death, and two others were fatally stabbed, last week in Chicago. Two more people also died last week from violent injuries suffered earlier this year, authorities said. The most recent slaying happened when 13-year-old Anthony Diaz was fatally shot in the 6000 block … Read more →