Murder in Canaryville: The True Story Behind a Cold Case and a Chicago Cover-Up
by Jeff Coen
From the publisher's website:
The cold-case murder of John Hughes, the son of a Chicago Outfit member
suspected of pulling the trigger, and the efforts of a determined
detective to unravel a cover-up The grandson and great-grandson of
Chicago police officers, Chicago Police Detective James Sherlock was CPD
through-and-through. His career had seen its share of twists and turns,
from his time working undercover to thwart robberies on Chicago's L
trains to his years as a homicide detective. He thought he had seen it
all. But on this day, he was at the records center to see the case file
for the murder of John Hughes, who was seventeen years old when he was
gunned down on Chicago's Southwest Side in 1976. The case's threads led
everywhere: Police corruption. Hints of the Chicago Outfit. A crooked
judge. Even the belief that the cover-up extended to "hizzoner"
himself—legendary Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley. A murder that had
roiled the city and had been investigated for years had been reduced to a
few reports and photographs. What should have been a massive file with
notes and transcripts from dozens of interviews was nowhere to be found.
Sherlock could have left the records center without the folder and
cruised into retirement, and no one would have noticed. Instead, he
tucked the envelope under his arm and carried it outside.
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