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Mansfield’s one-time college roommate, who was scheduled to testify against his roomate — convicted murderer Russell Smrekar — confessed to his killing in 1975. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20111028/news/710289589/

chicagotribune.com  Montoya-Hernandez "Camacho" last known address in the 4600 block of North Avers Avenue in the Albany Park neighborhood on Chicago's Northwest Side;  5' 9" 170 LBS, with black hair and brown eyes  ...  chicagobreakingnews.com  April 2010 shooting death of Cicero man, Juan Mendez found shot in a hotel  ... 

chicagotribune.com  Ricardo E. Munoz, 35, charged with killing Juan L. Sanchez, 34; both intoxicated at party  ...

arlingtoncardinal.com  Ronald Wade gave choke hold and threw victim to ground near 1400 block of East 13th Place in Ford Heights  ...

abclocal.go.com/wls  Victim, Danielle Dennis-Towne, disappeared from Nags Head, North Carolina, while visiting friends over the weekend  ...

suntimes.com  Cryptic statement in 2008; as HVAC repairman, just because 10 women in those homes were killed — and his DNA was present — doesn’t mean he murdered anyone  ...

chicagotribune.com  Maurice Thomas, 31; Toney Sims, 39; Thomas Bailey, 41; Anthony Robinson, 24; Carlyle Fleming, 32; and Bryant Palmer, 51, all of Chicago; Allan Hunter, 33, of Wheaton ... others also arrested in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri, Colorado, Wisconsin and Kentucky  ...

chicagotribune.com Shot early Saturday wee hours early morning:   Sharon Draine, 16, of Bellwood killed on 2nd Ave; Demetrius Delacy, 17, of the 1000 block of South 14th Ave shot near his home  ...

chicagotribune.com  Deonte Lesley and brother and cousins were playing video games in their house when bullets penetrated the walls of the home  ...

chicagobreakingnews.com Charged with aggravated battery at Kostner Ave and Jackson Blvd April 25, 2011 and first degree murder at 900 block of N. Homan Ave robbing marijuana dealer  March 12, 2007  ...