- In an unusual turn, a man on trial in Cook County for one of Chicago’s grisliest killings in recent history took the witness stand Wednesday and declared his innocence. Leaning forward with his hands clasped in front of him, Kamel Harris spoke in quiet, calm tones as he described 2-year-old Kyrian Knox as well-behaved and small for his age.
Kyrian’s young mother had left him in Harris’ care in a two-bedroom apartment in Rockford in mid-August 2015 as she and Harris’ daughter left for Iowa for a couple of weeks to set up new jobs. Harris, 44, told jurors in Judge Timothy Joyce’s courtroom that three people later showed up at his residence, saying they were there to pick up Kyrian.
Harris said he was suspicious at first but let the boy go with them after a woman he believed to be Kyrian’s mother gave him the approval to do so by phone. Just days later, the boy’s dismembered body was discovered in the Garfield Park Lagoon on Chicago’s West Side.
The jury has the case now.
UPDATE: Not guilty - Crimesha blows another one.
UPDATE: Not guilty - Crimesha blows another one.
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