Overview

• Cook County Judge Shauna Boliker ordered 23-year-old Lontray Clark held without bond following a July 12 detention hearing
• Clark faces 19 felony counts, including four counts of first-degree murder, four counts of aggravated arson and two counts of attempted murder
• Prosecutors said Clark assembled gasoline, a mask and a lighter before hurling Molotov cocktails into the Austin apartment building after learning of his ex-girlfriend’s new relationship
• A joint investigation by the Chicago Police Department and the ATF used surveillance footage and witness testimony to link Clark to the June 26 blaze and led to his arrest in Springfield on July 9
• The fire killed four residents, including 5-year-old Jayceon Henry and newspaper editor Brad Cummings, injured three others and displaced more than two dozen families