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Carl Z. Silas

Case from Belleville, IL dated Dec 30, 2016

Victim Details

Carl Z. Silas

Male

Black / African American

Belleville

IL

2016-12-30

28

Carl

Z. Silas

07/11/2026

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Carl Z. Silas, a 28-year-old African American man from Belleville, Illinois, was killed just before dawn on December 30, 2016, after deputies were called to a report of a home invasion and shooting at an apartment in the 2900 block of West Boulevard, in unincorporated east Belleville. Inside the small apartment, they found Silas dead from gunshot wounds, the victim of what investigators immediately classified as a homicide.

Silas's death tore through a family and community that knew him ...
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  • bnd: 28-year-old man shot dead near Belleville; parolee who lived with judge is in custody
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