An excerpt of Murder in Canaryville: The True Story Behind a Cold Case and a Chicago Cover-Up Jeff Coen, Chicago Tribune © Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Chicago Tribune/TNS Chicago detective Jim Sherlock and Murder in Canaryville author Jeff Coen.
There are many tragic murder cases that have become lodged in Chicago’s collective memory.
There are also many that have been forgetten, lost to history without a closer look into what really happened.
One of those was the 1976 killing of a teenager named John Hughes, shot from a car in a city park in Canaryville on the Southwest Side. His bright future was snuffed out while he was still in high school, part of a feud between teens along ethnic lines in his neighborhood.
An excerpt of Murder in Canaryville: The True Story Behind a Cold Case and a Chicago Cover-Up
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Read an exclusive excerpt from “Murder in Canaryville: The True Story Behind a Cold Case and a Chicago Cover-Up” and hear from the author at a free subscriber-only event Jeff Coen, Chicago Tribune © Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Chicago Tribune/TNS Chicago detective Jim Sherlock and \ Murder in Canaryville\ author Jeff Coen.
There are many tragic murder cases that have become lodged in Chicago’s collective memory.
There are also many that have been forgetten, lost to history without a closer look into what really happened.
One of those was the 1976 killing of a teenager named John Hughes, shot from a car in a city park in Canaryville on the Southwest Side. His bright future was snuffed out while he was still in high school, part of a feud between teens along ethnic lines in his neighborhood.