Who says romance is dead...
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:05 pm
A 36-year-old Carpentersville man was denied bond Thursday in the beating death of a longtime nurse in Chicago's Bridgeport neighborhood.
Raymond Harris is accused of killing 73-year-old Virginia Perillo last month in her garage. He was arrested Tuesday in Elgin, police said, and charged with first-degree murder and armed robbery.
On Oct. 22, a neighbor driving by Perillo's house at 33rd and Parnell found her garage open and her body on the ground unresponsive. Police say Perillo was brutally beaten -- her face smashed.
Prosecutors say DNA evidence found in Perillo's car matched Harris' DNA.
Harris left behind his watch after a struggle with Perillo. Harris then stole her wedding and engagement rings, prosecutors said, and took them to a party later that night and used them to propose to his girlfriend.
Judge Peggy Chiampas called this "disturbing."
Source: http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Pa ... z1dL3Qc5av