Koschman Archive | The Killing of David Koschman

Richard J. "R.J." Vanecko (second from left) with Chicago Police officers in a May 20, 2004, lineup in the David Koschman case. | Chicago Police photo

VANECKO WAS BIGGEST GUY ON STREET, BUT HE LOOKS SMALL IN LINEUP

PUBLISHED BY: Tim Novak

Police release photos months after the Sun-Times sought them.

Koschman witness: I felt intimidated

PUBLISHED BY: Tim Novak

Private investigator’s visit to Koschman witness prompts inquiry from special prosecutor.

Chicago Police Lt. Denis P. Walsh, booking photo from Kalamazoo Township Police

Cop involved in Koschman case assaulted woman in Michigan

PUBLISHED BY: Tim Novak

Pleaded “no contest” to two misdemeanors and was fined $600 after victim stopped cooperating.

KOSCHMAN WITNESS HAD PRIOR RUN-INS WITH POLICE

PUBLISHED BY: Tim Novak

Published Dec. 12, 2011 By TIM NOVAK AND CHRIS FUSCO Staff Reporters The man who lied to the police twice…

Attorney Dan Webb was named special prosecutor to investigate the death of David Koschman. | Sun-Times Media

Webb appointed as special prosecutor

PUBLISHED BY: Chad Merda

Former U.S. Attorney won the convictions of corrupt Cook County judges.

Justice at last for Koschman?

PUBLISHED BY: Chad Merda

Judge says “the system has failed,” and agrees to appoint special prosecutor.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration asked City Hall Inspector General Joseph Ferguson to determine whether any police officers should be disciplined for their roles in the David Koschman case. | Rich Hein/Sun-Times

While some Koschman cops await fate, many get big pensions

PUBLISHED BY: Maureen Cotter

THE WATCHDOGS: Nine months after a nephew of former Mayor Richard M. Daley pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, not a single cop has been disciplined for letting Richard J. “R.J.” Vanecko get away for nearly 10 years with killing David Koschman. And many of them can’t be punished because they no longer work for the city.

City, county: Dismiss Koschman lawsuit over Daley nephew case

PUBLISHED BY: Tim Novak

Published June 4. 2014 By TIM NOVAK AND CHRIS FUSCO Staff Reporters Nanci Koschman waited too long to sue Chicago…

Richard J. "R.J." Vanecko's McHenry County Jail booking mug

VANECKO OUT OF JAIL

PUBLISHED BY: Tim Novak

Published April 15, 2014 By TIM NOVAK AND CHRIS FUSCO Staff Reporters Richard J. "R.J." Vanecko left the McHenry County…

EDITORIAL: Feds can’t look away from underlying Koschman story

PUBLISHED BY: Tim Novak

Too often, in too many courtrooms, people entrusted with assuring justice instead shade the facts.