|
IDENTITY
|
|
|
Man Held in Murder of Teen
2005-12-01
|
|
This article shared 2917 times since Thu Dec 1, 2005
|
|
A Chicago man will remain held in lieu of bail after appearing in court Nov. 9 on charges he killed a 14-year-old boy whose body was found in Lincoln Park in August, the Chicago Tribune reported.
Shawn Thigpen, 28, of the 8100 block of South Peoria, already had been charged with sexually abusing teenager Michael Williams, but on Nov. 8 a first-degree murder charge was added. Thigpen also is charged with assaulting or attempting to assault three other teens, and prosecutors said evidence shows he would become violent when refused sex.
Prosecutors said cell phone records show that a call was made from Thigpen's cell phone at 2:45 a.m. and connected through a cell tower near where the adolescent's body was found a few hours later. Thigpen's DNA had already been recovered from the victim.
Police spokesman Pat Camden told Windy City Times that investigators 'looked at the DNA evidence and his inability to explain it. You have a 14-year-old victim and there's DNA evidence; how did it get there? Legally, there is no way it can be there. ... We made sure that, before he was charged, all of our ducks were in a row. All of the other [ analyses ] have been done and it's enough to go ahead and proceed with the charge of murder.'
In addition to charges in the Williams slaying, prosecutors charged Thigpen on Nov. 8 with attempted aggravated criminal sexual assault in another case, this one involving a 19-year-old man in December.
The Cook County medical examiner's office said Williams died of suffocation.
— Andrew Davis |
|
|
|
This article shared 2917 times since Thu Dec 1, 2005
|
ARTICLES YOU MIGHT LIKE |
---|
|
| | WORLD Nigeria arrest, Chilean murderer, trans ban, Olivier Awards, marriage items 2024-04-19 - Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission's (EFCC's) decision to arrest well-known transgender woman Idris Okuneye (also known as Bobrisky) over the practice of flaunting money has sparked questions among several ...
|
| | Nex Benedict's autopsy report released 2024-03-27 - The full autopsy report for Nex Benedict (he/they)a 16-year-old transgender and Indigenous student from Oklahoma's Owasso High School who died in February a day after a school fighthas been released. The Oklahoma Office of the Chie ...
|
| | Family of 2004 murder victim holds event in Lake View; reward announced 2024-03-24 - The year 2004, for the family and friends of Lake View resident Kevin Clewer, will forever be marked by tragedy. On March 24 of that year, Clewer, 31, was found in his apartment at 3444 N. Elaine Pl.; he was the ...
|
| | WORLD Leaked messages, Panama action, author dies at 32, Japan court, out athletes 2024-03-15 - Hundreds of messages from an internal chat board for an international group of transgender health professionals were leaked in a report and framed as revealing serious health risks associated with gender-affirming care, including cancer, according to ...
|
| | LGBTQ+ people attacked by mobs in Greece 2024-03-14 - Just weeks after a landmark law granted same-sex couples in Greece the right to marry, nearly 200 people dressed in black chased a transgender couple through the town square in Thessaloniki, the country's "second city" and ...
|
| | WORLD Canadian politics, Australian murders, Finnish study, 'Anatomy' 2024-03-01 - Canadian conservatives are divided over an anti-trans policy that Alberta Premier Danielle Smith handed down in her province, The Guardian reported. The policy includes a ban on hormonal treatment, puberty ...
|
| | NATIONAL School items, HIV/AIDS activist dies, Nex Benedict, inclusive parade 2024-03-01 - In a new survey, the Pew Research Center asked public K-12 teachers, teens and the U.S. public about the ongoing scrutiny placed on classroom curricula, mainly regarding race and LGBTQ+ identities, ABC News noted. Among other ...
|
| | 911 calls, videos show cascade of failures in Nex Benedict's death, GLAAD responds 2024-02-24 - "It is haunting to hear Nex Benedict, in their own words, describe how school and state leaders failed, at every level of leadership, to keep them safe from bullying and harm. Less than 24 hours later, ...
|
| | Federal jury finds man guilty of killing trans woman in landmark case 2024-02-24 - In a groundbreaking case, a federal jury in Columbia, South Carolina found Daqua Lameek Ritter guilty of killing transgender woman Dime Doe after deliberating for almost four hours, The State reported. It is the first time ...
|
| | HIV criminal laws disproportionately impact Black men in Mississippi 2024-02-21 --From a press release - A new report by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law finds that at least 43 people in Mississippi were arrested for HIV-related crimes between 2004 and 2021. Half of all arrests in the state ...
|
| | Owasso High School student of Bridge v. Oklahoma State Board of Education case dies, groups respond 2024-02-20 --From press releases - Oklahoma City, Okla. — In response to the death of 16-year-old Owasso High School student Nex Benedict following an assault in the school restroom, Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the ACLU of Oklahoma ...
|
| | Yemeni court sentences 13 men to death for being LGBTQ+ 2024-02-09 - In the Arabian Peninsula country of Yemen, a court has reportedly sentenced 13 people to death who had been charged with homosexuality, The Washington Blade noted. Agence France-Presse reported that the court in Ibb Governorate, which ...
|
| | Smollett asks state supreme court to overturn conviction 2024-02-07 - Embattled actor Jussie Smollett has asked the Illinois Supreme Court to review and overturn an appellate ruling upholding his conviction for a hate-crime hoax that took place more than five years ago, The Chicago Sun-Times noted. ...
|
| | NATIONAL Marriage news, fighting fentanyl, anti-LGBTQ+ crimes, Grindr 2024-02-02 - The Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill that would affirm marriage equality in the state, The Washington Blade noted. House Bill 174, introduced by state Del. Rozia Henson (D-Prince William County), passed in the Democratic-controlled ...
|
| | Seattle LGBTQ+ bars push back against raids 2024-01-30 - In Seattle, a group of Capitol Hill gay bars and clubs are teaming with neighborhood queer community leaders Dan Savage and Terry Miller in calling for the state's liquor control board and Seattle police officials to ...
| |
|
|
|
|