CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - Family members of a 65-year-old woman who was believed to have been murdered in 2018 by her companion are outraged that a Cook County judge found him not guilty.
Relatives of Daisy Hayes along with Shannon Bennett, of the Kenwood-Oakland Community Organization, stood outside the criminal courts building, expressing their frustration in the acquittal.
“What happened was a travesty of justice. She was put on trial,” said Bennett.
75-year-old Jimmy Jackson, who had a relationship with Hayes, was seen on video taking a large suitcase out of the 85-pound woman’s apartment and putting it in a dumpster and entering and leaving several more times with cleaning supplies. Judge Diana Kenworthy said it wasn’t enough.
“(Diana) Kenworthy devalued Daisy’s life by emphasizing that Daisy was drunk,” said Hayes’ daughter Teresa Smith.
“Somebody was drunk and you don’t have a body?," added Reverend Robin Hood.
Hayes’ body was never found but it is believed to be in a landfill.
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