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 →

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire While it did not become official until Wednesday morning, this August has been the deadliest month in Chicago in nearly 20 years. En route to reaching that 80th homicide of the month this week, at least 22 people were homicide victims last week, including three girls 7 and younger … Read more →

http://homicides.suntimes.com/admin/homicides/homicide/1840/ By STEFANO ESPOSITO, ASHLEE REZIN, MITCH DUDEK, ANDY GRIMM, JORDAN OWEN and LUKE WILUSZ Chicago Sun-Times Jennifer Wainwright had just saved her 2-year-old daughter’s life—dropping the little girl out of her front window and into the waiting arms of her fiancé. Just minutes later, after Wainwright leaped to safety as flames licked the night … Read more →