High Profile Chicago Murder Case of Involving Daley's Nephew: Police Files are Missing

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

In the latest twist in the high-profile homicide case involving a nephew of former Mayor Richard M. Daley, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned that the Chicago Police Department’s original files from the case were missing for months — possibly years.

It’s the second time that law-enforcement records turned up missing regarding the violent death of 21-year-old David Koschman of Mount Prospect, who succumbed to brain injuries days after getting punched in the face by Daley nephew Richard J. “R.J.” Vanecko during a drunken confrontation in the Rush Street area in April 2004.

City of Chicago Inspector General Joseph Ferguson already has been investigating the police department’s handling of the Koschman investigation.

Now, the police department’s own Internal Affairs Division has launched a separate investigation into how the department’s original case files disappeared, a high-ranking police source said.

Pretty outrageous, except if you are a Chicago voter who's never bothered by this kind of thing. Anyway, another great article from Tim Novak and Chris Fusco.