Homicide Watch Chicago

Tamica Riley was smothered to death Sept. 14 in the 800 block of South California Avenue in the West Garfield Park neighborhood. Prosecutors claim Andrea Brown, 23, believed Riley owed her money and took Riley’s shoes. Brown said she wouldn’t give 37-year-old Riley her shoes back until she paid the money she owed, prosecutors said. … Read more →

BY RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-Times A woman with a history of mental illness allegedly smothered a rival to death with her body after the two fought over money over the weekend. Andrea Brown, who at 5-foot-3 and 235 pounds, is at least twice as big as her victim, authorities said. Brown, 23, believed Tamica Riley … Read more →