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Deparris Slaughter Charged in March Lawndale Killing and Arson

He is scheduled to appear at a detention hearing Monday.

Overview

  • Chicago police said Slaughter, 32, was arrested Saturday by the Area 4 Homicide Investigation Support Team in the 13800 block of South Brainard Avenue in Burnham, Illinois.
  • He faces four felony counts: first-degree murder, residential arson, dismembering a human body, and concealing a homicidal death.
  • Firefighters found a 68-year-old man dead on March 7 inside a burning home on the 2300 block of South Kirkland Avenue in Lawndale.
  • The Cook County Medical Examiner determined the victim died from gunshot wounds to the neck and chest.
  • Sources familiar with the investigation said both of the victim’s arms and one leg had been severed, and police list Slaughter as a Munster, Indiana resident.