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Izat Morrar, 37, was found dead on July 20, 2017, in an alley near the 5300 block of South Calumet Avenue in Chicago. The autopsy showed he had been shot twice in the head at close range; metal projectiles were recovered from each wound and his death was ruled a homicide caused by multiple gunshot wounds to the head.

Prosecutors accused longtime friend Michael Pelko, 37, a stock trader from Willow Springs, of picking up Morrar near the Chicago Board of Trade, shooting him with an antique .22-caliber pistol, returning home briefly to drop off his cellphone, and dumping the body in the alley. Key evidence cited at trial included blood matching Morrar’s DNA in Pelko’s SUV and surveillance video placing Pelko’s vehicle near Morrar’s South Loop apartment and the alley where the body was found. The defense presented witnesses who said Pelko was home, and argued the route could not have been driven in the time prosecutors alleged; prosecutors noted inconsistencies in Pelko’s statements about his car’s location.

A jury later found Pelko guilty; he was sentenced to 45 years to life. Does anyone have additional information about Morrar’s life or movements in the days before July 20, 2017?