Homicide Watch Chicago

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire At least 6 people were homicide victims last week in Chicago, though one was ruled self-defense. And the body of a woman murdered months earlier was found dismembered and packed in suitcases in the Little Calumet River, a grisly crime for which two men are being held without bond. … Read more →

By RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-Times A South Side man beat and choked his girlfriend, Laneesha Miller, to death before dismembering her body and placing the pieces in four suitcases, Cook County prosecutors said Friday. Paul Meyers then enlisted the help of his older brother, Arronis Jackson, to dispose of Miller’s remains, which authorities recovered from … Read more →

Two men have been charged in connection with the murder of 28-year-old Laneesha Miller, whose body was found Thursday in the Little Calumet River after she was reported missing in June from the Washington Heights neighborhood. Authorities found the Miller’s body about 5 p.m. in the river near the Bishop Ford Freeway at 135th Street, … Read more →