Andrew Sims

Andrew Simms Jr., an 11-year-old African-American boy from Chicago, was found dead with his mother and two younger brothers inside their bungalow on South Drexel Avenue in the Chatham neighborhood in mid-July 2015. Neighbors had called police after noticing a strong odor; officers who entered the home discovered the decomposing bodies on July 18. In the days that followed, early autopsies were inconclusive because of decomposition, and authorities worked to establish both identities and causes o ...