CHICAGO - Chicago Police have secured murder charges against a suspect who fled the country during an investigation in 2004.

What we know:

On Dec. 18, 2004, Kent Projansky, 40, was shot and killed inside his apartment in the 1100 block of N. Dearborn in the Near North neighborhood.

Officers responded to the incident immediately and began processing evidence, including two shell casings found near the victim.

Within the first few days of the investigation, police responded to a report of a duffel bag found inside a garbage can on the Northwest Side that contained bloody clothes and a firearm that matched the firearm used in Projansky's murder.

Now-retired Police Officer Christopher Lappe notified detectives about the possible connection. The evidence was processed, and a link was det

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