Jun 13, 2008 3:38 pm US/Central
Man Charged In 5 Homicides Held Without Bond
CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) ―
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Torolan Williams, 22, has been charged in the murder of three men, a woman and a teenage girl whose bodies were found April 23 at 7607 S. Rhodes Ave.
A South Side man has been ordered held without bond Friday for an April mass killing that left three men and two women dead in a Chatham home.
Torolan Williams, 22, of 11623 S. Artesian Ave., was charged Wednesday in the April 23rd slayings that left five people fatally shot in a home in the 7600 block of South Rhodes Avenue.
Williams was ordered held without bond Friday by Cook County Judge Donald Panarese, Jr., Cook County State's Attorney's office spokeswoman Tandra Simonton said. He is scheduled to appear for an arraignment hearing July 2.
Williams is charged with five counts of murder, five counts of armed robbery and one count of home invasion, according to Simonton.
Police captured Willaims after a person at a South Side gas station called police after overhearing the suspect talking about the murders, according to a source, who said robbery is believed to be the motive.
The suspect, who knew one of the victims, gave police information about another man being sought in the slayings. The second man was not in custody early Wednesday, but police are looking for him, the source said.
From the onset of the investigation, police said they believed there was more than one person in the home during the killings.
After a search warrant was obtained, a television stolen from the house where the murders occurred was found in the suspect's possession.
While being interviewed by police, Williams was taken to an area hospital with stomach pains.
Killed were Anthony Scales Jr., Donovan Richardson, Whitney Flowers, Reginald Walker and Lakesha Doss, 17.
Several items were discovered missing from the home, which was rented by Richardson. Among the items taken were white diamond earrings and a silver "Jo-Jo'' wristwatch.
Nicknamed Don P, Richardson, 25, drove Cadillacs and a Mercedes. Neighbors said the house had lots of visitors. His relatives said he was an "entrepreneur" and a "party promoter" and kept art and jewelry. He and Flowers, 22, had a 2-year-old son, relatives said.
Sources said the home also might have been used for prostitution.
It was the worst mass killing in the city since 2003, when a gunman gunned down six people in a South Side warehouse before dying in a shoot-out with police.
(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2009. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
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