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On September 14, 2015, 48-year-old Timothy D. Lawrence was found dead in his Morgan Park home in Chicago after firefighters responded to an explosion and fire in the 10800 block of South Morgan Street. His body was discovered badly burned in a back room; an autopsy showed a single gunshot wound to the head and the death was ruled a homicide. Investigators found traces of accelerants throughout the house and on Lawrence’s body, and evidence indicated the fire was set after the killing.

Police traced a sequence of events to 44-year-old Willie Bell. Surveillance captured Bell, disguised in a reflective workman’s vest and a helmet labeled Meter Inspector, approaching Lawrence’s home on September 12; Lawrence let him in. An hour later Bell left driving Lawrence’s 2004 Buick LeSabre and with a bandaged hand. Bell returned to the house on September 14 with another person; they were seen carrying gas cans, the home’s surveillance was disabled, and neighbors reported an explosion and fire. In October 2016 Bell was charged with first-degree murder and concealment of a homicidal death and was ordered held without bond.

Does anyone have information about Lawrence, his movements in Morgan Park before the fire, or the 2004 Buick LeSabre?