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Extradited From Peru, David Barklow Charged in 2004 Gold Coast Killing

Prosecutors cite forensic links to a discarded duffel bag after an international manhunt returned him to Chicago.

Kent Projansky, 40, was fatally shot Dec. 18, 2004, in his Gold Coast apartment at 1130 N. Dearborn St., Chicago. Prosecutors charged a former neighbor with first-degree murder more than two decades later. (Courtesy of Todd Projansky)
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Overview

  • Barklow, 68, was flown to Chicago from Peru in mid‑November and was ordered detained at a Saturday court hearing.
  • He faces one count of first‑degree murder, with prosecutors pointing to ballistics, latent fingerprints and DNA tied to a duffel bag found days after the shooting.
  • Victim Kent Projansky, 40, was found shot inside his 30th‑floor North Dearborn Street apartment on Dec. 18, 2004.
  • The case was revived in 2017 through a statewide cold‑case review that used updated forensic technology to identify Barklow, who lived across the street at the time.
  • Investigators say he was arrested in 2019, fled abroad that December, surfaced in Ecuador and later Peru, and was detained with help from INTERPOL, the DOJ, FBI, U.S. Marshals, the State Department and Peruvian authorities.