Oxford college treasurer and US academic arrested in connection with Chicago murder
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/05/oxford-college-treasurer-us-academic-arrested-connection-chicago/
Andrew Warren, an Oxford University employee has been arrested in connection with the killing of a 26-year old man in Chicago.
Police have also arrested Wyndham Lathem, an associate professor of microbiology and immunology a Northwestern University in Chicago and expert in the bubonic plague.
Mr Warren, 56, and Prof Lathem, 42 were sought by police after a hair stylist, Trenton Cornell-Duranleau, 26, was found stabbed to death in an upmarket high-rise flat in Chicago. . Chicago Police said the two men are believed to be in custody in Oakland California. by the US Marshals Service.
News that the men were being held was announced by Anthony Guglielmi, a spokesman for Chicago police department on Twitter.
A senior treasury assistant at Somerville College, Oxford, Mr Warren left the home he shared with his sister in Faringdon, Oxfordshire on June 24.
He was reported missing to Thames Valley Police by Mr Warren’s sister, Tracey, and his partner, Martin Grant.
It is believed Mr Warren left the UK the day before, travelling to the United States without telling his boyfriend or family.
Authorities haven’t detailed the relationship between Mr Warren and Prof Lathem, who moved to Chicago from the Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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