http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-off-duty-cop-beaten-20111107,0,7023870.story
November 7, 2011
With their mother unable to care for them, the four grandchildren of Chicago police Officer Hester Scott came to live with her about eight years ago, family members said.
But she struggled to control the erratic behavior of her teenage grandson, Keshawn Perkins, who has bipolar disorder and has occasionally been hospitalized for mental health treatment, family members said.
"She loved him," said Scott's sister, Marlene Scott-Pittman. "She thought she could fix it."
Wide-eyed and swimming in his oversized jail outfit, Perkins listened during his bond hearing Sunday as prosecutors told a judge the 15-year-old beat and stabbed his 55-year-old grandmother to death in their South Side home Friday after she confronted him about skipping school.
November 7, 2011
With their mother unable to care for them, the four grandchildren of Chicago police Officer Hester Scott came to live with her about eight years ago, family members said.
But she struggled to control the erratic behavior of her teenage grandson, Keshawn Perkins, who has bipolar disorder and has occasionally been hospitalized for mental health treatment, family members said.
"She loved him," said Scott's sister, Marlene Scott-Pittman. "She thought she could fix it."
Wide-eyed and swimming in his oversized jail outfit, Perkins listened during his bond hearing Sunday as prosecutors told a judge the 15-year-old beat and stabbed his 55-year-old grandmother to death in their South Side home Friday after she confronted him about skipping school.
