Overview
- Police said Barklow, 68, was returned to Chicago from South America after his arrest in Peru following an international search.
- Prosecutors charged him with one count of first-degree murder in the 2004 shooting of 40-year-old Kent Projansky inside an apartment on North Dearborn Street.
- Investigators linked a duffel bag recovered on the Northwest Side—containing bloody clothing and a firearm—to the crime through ballistics and DNA.
- Barklow was first arrested in October 2019 but released while forensic tests were pending, then fled to Ecuador that December before later moving to Peru.
- Authorities secured warrants for murder and unlawful flight, with INTERPOL, DOJ, FBI, U.S. Marshals, the State Department, the U.S. Embassy in Lima, and Peruvian officials coordinating the capture and extradition.