Homicide Watch Chicago

By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times Wire A Far South Side man has been charged with the murder of his 4-month-old daughter, Janylah Mack, following an attack on his pregnant fiancé and 3-year-old son, Tayveon Thomas, last Halloween that also left the boy dead. Devon Thomas, 22, appeared in court Tuesday on a first-degree murder charge … Read more →

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire There was likely not a fatal shooting in Chicago last week, something that had not happened in Chicago in more than four years. It has been since at least 2012 since there was a week without a fatal shooting, according to Homicide Watch Chicago records which go back to … Read more →

By LUKE WILUSZ Chicago Sun-Times Wire Four-month-old Janylah Mack died Thursday from injuries suffered in utero when her father allegedly beat her pregnant mother and killed her 3-year-old brother Tayveon J. Thomas. Janylah was pronounced dead at 10:09 a.m. Thursday, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. An autopsy Friday found the baby, who … Read more →

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire At least 28 people died from violence last week, including 10 over a bloody weekend that pushed the city’s murder total closer to the 700 mark than it has been in many years. The week’s total, more reminiscent of a summer weekend that early November, brought the 2016 homicide … Read more →

By RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-Times A Far South Side man killed his 3-year-old son Tayveon J. Thomas after punching and stomping on his body, then beat his pregnant fiancee when she tried to intervene, according to Cook County prosecutors. The woman—who is the mother of Tayveon—ended up delivering her newborn prematurely hours after Tayveon died … Read more →

By MITCHELL ARMENTROUT Chicago Sun-Times Wire The death of 3-year-old Tayveon J. Thomas on Monday in the West Pullman neighborhood has been ruled a homicide by child abuse. Police were called at 8:23 a.m. Monday to an apartment in the 12200 block of South Green, where officers found the boy with “visible injuries,” according to … Read more →