Homicide Watch Chicago

By MITCH DUDEK Chicago Sun-Times “I killed her. I killed her.” It’s what the 13-year-old girl who fatally stabbed De’Kayla Dansberry, 15, in the chest said as she washed blood off the murder weapon minutes after after the two got into fight, according to eyewitness testimony. “Oh Jesus,” Dansberry’s mother, Sharon, whispered as she watched … Read more →

By MITCH DUDEK, LAUREN FITZPATRICK and DANIEL BROWN Chicago Sun-Times De’Kayla Dansberry imagined herself sprinting down the deep-blue track at Eastern Illinois University later this week. Her small track team—seven girls total—from Johnson College Prep in Englewood qualified for state last week to run three relay races. “The track is painted this pretty blue, and … Read more →

Sixteen-year-old DeKayla Dansberry was fatally stabbed Saturday evening in the South Side Parkway Gardens neighborhood. Dekayla was stabbed in the upper chest after a fight broke out about 7:30 p.m. in the 6500 block of South King Drive, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. The girl was taken to Stroger … Read more →