March 10, 2005

CHICAGO - A man who filed bizarre, rambling lawsuits over his cancer treatment and shot himself to death during a traffic stop appears to be the lone killer of a federal judge's mother and husband, police said late Thursday. DNA on a cigarette butt found after the killings matches that of Chicago electrician Bart Ross, who claimed responsibility for the slayings in a suicide note, authorities said Thursday night. read on

My heart goes out to Judge Lefkow. If there's any solace, it's that the case was closed so quickly.

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