Family still grieves for grad student prosecutors say was killed by a man 'terrorizing downtown' Chicago

Anat Kimchi was studying the criminal justice system because she thought she could help make it fairer.Kimchi, 31, a University of Maryland grad student, wanted to figure out which nonviolent offenders were the most likely to abide by the conditions of their early release from prison and which were likeliest to fail — and why.Her work was ambitious and heavy on data analysis. So, in June 2021, she took a break and came to Chicago to visit a friend.On a sunny, 90-degree Saturday afternoon during that visit, she was killed in a random attack near Wacker Drive and Van Buren Street about a block and a half south of the Willis Tower.She had told the friend she was going to go for a walk and read a book.FAILURE TO TREAT, FAILURE TO PROTECTThis six-part investigation by the Sun-Times looks at past cases and what would be needed to prevent them from happening again.Read more stories in the series > Tony Robinson, the man accused of attacking her, lived in a tent on Lower Wacker Drive downtown...