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Chicago police charged Connor Williams with murder in the beating death of his girlfriend, Keri Chappell, a day after she reported him for domestic battery.
CBS Chicago reported that Connor Williams, 34, is charged with two counts of murder after officers found Keri Chappell, 59, dead on the floor of her apartment in the 3500 block of West Flournoy Street in East Garfield Park shortly after 3 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026. According to a Chicago Police Department arrest report, Chappell had gone to a police station the day before to report that he attacked her.
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The timeline is what will put this case in front of a lot of people: a domestic battery report at the district station around noon Friday, and a death investigation at the same address about 15 hours later. That report is now evidence, and it is also going to raise hard questions about what happened after she walked out of the station. Williams has been charged, not convicted, and the medical examiner's findings are still to come.
A Chicago man is charged with two counts of murder in the beating death of his girlfriend at their apartment in the East Garfield Park neighborhood, CBS Chicago reported Monday, Oct. 19, 2026. Connor Williams, 34, is accused of killing 59-year-old Keri Chappell. According to a Chicago Police Department arrest report cited by CBS Chicago, officers found Chappell dead on the ground in her apartment in the 3500 block of West Flournoy Street shortly after 3 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 17. She had visible trauma to her head and body, the report said.
The arrest report says Chappell went to the Chicago Police Department's 11th District station around noon on Friday, Oct. 16, to file a domestic battery report, CBS Chicago reported. She told officers that Williams had grabbed her by the hair, pulling chunks of hair from her scalp, and headbutted her in the face, leaving an abrasion on her lip, according to the report. CBS Chicago's account does not say whether Williams was located or arrested on that report before Saturday morning.
According to the arrest report, Williams admitted having a recent argument with Chappell. He was arrested at the scene shortly after officers found her body, CBS Chicago reported. He was due in court Monday for a detention hearing. The outcome of that hearing, and the name of his attorney, had not been reported as of Monday morning. The cause and manner of Chappell's death have not been publicly released by the medical examiner.
What police say Chappell reported on Friday and what Williams allegedly told officers on Saturday are accounts in an arrest report. They are the prosecution's starting point, not findings by a court. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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