Keith West | Homicide Watch Chicagohttp://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/keith-west/Latest news about Keith Westen-usSun, 07 Feb 2016 12:14:18 -0600Homeless woman charged with fatal beating of Keith West in his Uptown homehttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2016/02/07/homeless-woman-charged-with-fatal-beating-of-keith-west-in-his-uptown-home/<p>By MITCHELL ARMENTROUT<br /> Chicago Sun-Times Wire</p> <p><a href="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2016/02/shaffer0207.jpg"><img src="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2016/02/shaffer0207-240x300.jpg" alt="Sabrina Shaffer | Chicago Police" width="240" height="300" class="size-medium wp-image-15761" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Sabrina Shaffer | Chicago Police</p>A homeless woman has been accused of fatally beating 63-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/keith-west/">Keith West</a> inside his Uptown neighborhood apartment last year on the North Side.</p> <p><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/sabrina-shaffer/">Sabrina Shaffer</a>, 45, faces first-degree murder charges for the December 2015 attack at West’s home in the 4500 block of North Sheridan, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office</p> <p>Someone called police for a well-being check after they hadn’t heard from West, and officers found him “seriously battered” inside the apartment about 3:45 p.m. Dec. 26, police said at the time.<br /> <span id="more-15759"></span></p> <p>West was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he died at 9:41 a.m. Dec. 28, authorities said. An autopsy did not rule on cause or manner of death, but police classified it a homicide.</p> <p>Shaffer, whose home address is listed as the Pacific Garden Mission at 1458 S. Canal St., was arrested Wednesday and ordered held on a $750,000 bond at a Saturday hearing, according to Cook County Circuit Court records. She is due back in court Monday.</p> Jeff MayesSun, 07 Feb 2016 12:14:18 -0600http://homicides.suntimes.com/2016/02/07/homeless-woman-charged-with-fatal-beating-of-keith-west-in-his-uptown-home/Keith WestSabrina ShafferPolice conducting homicide investigation after Keith West found 'battered' in Uptown apartment last monthhttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2016/01/07/police-conducting-homicide-investigation-after-keith-west-found-battered-in-uptown-apartment-last-month/<p><iframe src="http://homicides.suntimes.com/api/v1/homicides/1388.html" width="100%" height="350" frameborder=0></iframe></p> <p>By ASHLEE REZIN<br /> Chicago Sun-Times Wire</p> <p>Autopsy results were inconclusive, but Chicago Police are investigating the death of 63-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/keith-west/">Keith West</a> in his Uptown apartment last month as a homicide.</p> <p>Officers arrived about 3:45 p.m. Dec. 26 to conduct a well-being on West at his apartment in the 4500 block of North Sheridan Road, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office. Someone had called police after they could not make contact with West.</p> <p>He was discovered inside the apartment "seriously battered," police said.</p> <p>West was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 9:41 a.m. Dec. 28, the medical examiner's office said. An autopsy was inconclusive, with results pending further studies, according to the medical examiner's office.</p> <p>However, police said they are investigating the death as a homicide. As of Thursday afternoon, no one was in custody.</p> Jeff MayesThu, 07 Jan 2016 16:20:01 -0600http://homicides.suntimes.com/2016/01/07/police-conducting-homicide-investigation-after-keith-west-found-battered-in-uptown-apartment-last-month/Keith West