Sheila Banks, 61, and her husband Ocie Banks Sr., 79, were found dead in Sheila’s Uptown apartment at the Wilson Yard senior housing complex in Chicago on April 10, 2022, after a police well-being check. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled both deaths homicides. Sheila sustained a gunshot wound to the side of her head; Ocie Sr. had multiple gunshot wounds and trauma to his face.

Officers reported the apartment was locked and showed no signs of forced entry, prompting investigators to suspect the killer was known to the victims. Surveillance from the building shows the couple, their son Ocie Banks Jr., 33, and two other relatives entering the apartment for a card party on the night of April 8, 2022. Everyone left about 3 a.m. except the parents and their son; footage then shows Ocie Jr. leaving around 6 a.m. on April 9. No one else entered or exited before police arrived on April 10.

Ocie Banks Jr. was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder; he was taken into custody without bond and ordered to remain detained. Neighbors and family described Sheila as bright and lovely, looking forward to retirement. Does anyone have information about the night of April 8–9 or the people seen on the surveillance footage?