Teenager Brutally Beats 75-Year-Old Man To Death With A Baseball Bat

A couple of teenagers are facing serious charges in connection with the brutal death of a 75-year-old man in Chicago. One of the suspects, a 15-year-old teenager, is already in custody while a second suspect remains at large.

The teenager was apprehended Wednesday on the Near West Side. He will remain in custody per Tandra Simonton, a spokeswoman for the Cook County state’s attorney’s office.

The identity of the 15-year-old has been withheld since he is being tried as a juvenile. He is facing a count of first-degree murder and concealment of a homicidal death in the Fernwood murder according to authorities in a report from the Chicago-Sun Times.

The 75-year-old man was identified as Earl Miller. He was brutally beaten with a baseball bat next to home last Sept. 22 in the 200 block of West 103rd Street. An autopsy showed that Miller died of multiple injuries as a result of the assault.

The 15-year-old teenager is set to appear in court Thursday. The Chicago Police Department is seeking help from the public in identifying the suspects. Footage of the incident showing the two suspects inside a convenience store and at a grassy lot was released.

Miller’s niece, Braxton Usher, is relieved that the case of their uncle is getting the proper attention.

“No one deserves to die like that at all. ... I wonder how he was feeling or I wonder what he was thinking,” Usher said. “Stuff like that, it eats at you.”

Usher holds a close relationship with Miller. Both lived together in the past in Indiana with Usher revealing that her late uncle played a critical role in her life.

According to Usher, Miller won a championship fighting in a Catholic Youth Organization boxing tournament. He, later on, worked as a city truck driver and was an old school guy who enjoyed taking long walks downtown.

Though tragic, Usher is just happy that her uncle is now at peace with his mother who passed some years back.

“He definitely was a momma’s boy,” she stated.

Police are asking anyone with tips on the case to call detectives at 312-747-8271.