Overview
- David Barklow, 68, was returned to Chicago from Peru and charged with first-degree murder in the Dec. 18, 2004 shooting of Kent Projansky inside his North Dearborn Street apartment.
- A judge ordered Barklow held after a detention hearing Saturday, according to Cook County court proceedings.
- State crime lab work linked a duffel bag recovered days after the killing—containing bloody clothing and a handgun—to the crime scene, with blood matching Projansky and forensic ties to Barklow.
- Barklow was first arrested by U.S. Marshals in October 2019, then left the U.S. that December as detectives awaited lab confirmation, later surfacing in Ecuador before moving to Peru.
- CPD, INTERPOL, the DOJ’s Office of International Affairs, the FBI, U.S. Marshals, the State Department, the U.S. Embassy in Lima and Peruvian authorities coordinated his detention and extradition, and police have not released a motive.