Apr 21, 2005 10:09 pm US/Central
Possible Break in Lakeview Murder
CHICAGO (CBS 2) ―
There has been a possible break in a high profile Chicago murder case. Police have a new lead in the search for a Lakeview man's killer. More than a year after 31-year-old Kevin Clewer was found stabbed to death in his bedroom there's been a development in the puzzling murder case. CBS 2's Dana Kozlov reports that someone has come forward with possible new information.
Kevin Clewer's family is hopeful that after a year this lead will go somewhere.
Thirteen months after 31-year-old Kevin Clewer was found murdered inside his Lakeview apartment, reminders that the crime remains unsolved are everywhere in the neighborhood. There are wanted posters asking Chicagoans -- especially members of the gay community -- to be on the look-out for "Fernando." Police believe Fernando, or a man who resembles the posted drawing, might have been the one to stab Clewer more than 40 times.
Chicago police spokesman David Bayless will only say they are talking to someone, but they're not calling him a suspect or a person of interest. Rather, he says, police are following up on a lead "determining the validity of the lead in talking to the source… "
According to WBBM Newsradio 780 reporter Steve Grzanich, the source told police about another man who admitted to involvement in Clewer's murder. Police believe Clewer may have met his attacker in a Halsted Street bar. His family hopes this lead will finally help solve this case.
Kevin's brother, Ron Clewer, says, "I hope something comes out of this as well and I guess it's encouraging to think that there's that possibility. But I think we've lived with that possibility for the last thirteen months. And I hope that this time it really is."
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