Overview
- A late-May house fire on the 6200 block of South Paulina Street in West Englewood killed two adults and two foster children, and the Cook County medical examiner has ruled the deaths homicides.
- The Chicago Fire Department declared a 2-11 alarm and about 100 firefighters responded to the blaze, and two other teenagers were injured in the fire but survived.
- On June 2 Cook County Crime Stoppers released a surveillance image of a person of interest and announced a cash reward of up to $10,000 for information that leads to an arrest or indictment.
- Crime Stoppers volunteers and Chicago police Area 1 detectives will canvass the neighborhood to gather tips, and tipsters can call the tip line or submit information online while remaining anonymous and receiving a code to claim any reward.
- Investigators have made no arrests; police say new tips could produce leads for forensic work or charges, and neighbors and family members remain focused on finding who started the fire and why.