Tragedy struck the campus of the University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC) this week. Ruth George, a talented and thriving student studying physical therapy, was murdered and sexually assaulted by a mentally ill homeless man after she left a professional fraternity event Saturday night.
George was walking alone to her car in a parking garage when she passed a Chicago Transit Authority Blue Line stop on campus. Twenty-six-year-old Donald Thurman saw George and tried to talk to her. George ignored him, since he was a stranger, and continued walking to her car. Thurman followed her, still trying to talk to her and “catcalling” her, according to prosecutors. George continued to ignore him, which made Thurman angry, Assistant State’s Attorney James Murphy said at a bond hearing last week, The Chicago Tribune reported.
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