Homicide Watch Chicago

By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times Wire An 18-year-old man stabbed 89-year-old Josephine Johnson to death, then set her apartment on fire to cover it up after she caught him breaking into her Washington Park home last week, according to Cook County prosecutors. Trae Chatmon has been charged with first-degree murder, according to Chicago Police. Another … Read more →

By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times Wire An 18-year-old man forced his way into 89-year-old Josephine Johnson’s Washington Park apartment, stabbed her to death, robbed her and then set the apartment on fire, according to Chicago Police. has been charged with stabbing an elderly woman to death before setting her Washington Park neighborhood apartment on fire … Read more →

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire At least six people were killed in violence in Chicago last week, including an 89-year-old woman who was beaten and stabbed to death in her apartment by someone who then set the building on fire, according to Chicago Police. The elderly woman was found fatally stabbed after an apartment … Read more →

An elderly woman found fatally stabbed after an apartment fire early Monday in the South Side Washington Park neighborhood has been identified as Josephine Johnson. Johnson, 89, was discovered by firefighters in an apartment about 2:50 a.m. in a three-story building in the 5100 block of South Michigan, according to Fire Media Affairs and the … Read more →