Sanita Harper, a 40-year-old African American woman, was found dead on March 23, 2021, in her apartment in the 200 block of West 92nd Street, Chicago. Her mother went to the apartment after Harper failed to show up for her receptionist shift at Jackson Park Hospital and was led upstairs by Harper’s 30-year-old boyfriend, Joseph West, to find Harper covered in blood. She had been shot multiple times while sitting in bed eating McDonald’s.

Police identified West as the primary suspect. He had a brief standoff with Chicago police SWAT before surrendering and being taken into custody. West initially invoked his Miranda rights but later confessed, admitting he fired ten shots. Officers recovered a gun and shell casings that matched the bullets found in Harper’s body, and gunshot residue was found on both of West’s hands. He was charged with first-degree murder and held without bail. A judge barred him from discussing the case with his father or contacting other witnesses while awaiting trial. The motive has not been stated.

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