Indian-American student Ruth George ignored a man’s catcalls. He then chased her down and killed her, prosecutors allege
- Murder suspect was angry that he was being ignored by University of Illinois at Chicago student Ruth George
Ruth George, a physiotherapy student, wanted to help other people heal, her family said in the wake of her death.
The 19-year old student at the University of Illinois at Chicago was at a professional fraternity event Saturday night and returned with a friend, who parted ways. George walked alone to her white Kia in a parking garage, authorities said.
She caught the attention of a stranger, Donald Thurman, who tried talking to her after she walked by, said James Murphy, the assistant state’s attorney for Cook County.
“The defendant was angry that he was being ignored,” Murphy said.
George’s next moments, according to police, bring to bare the nightmarish, harrowing reality for women on any given day, particularly when encountering a man, alone, on a darkened street.
Thurman, 26, pursued George and closed in while he “catcalled” her throughout the garage, Murphy said.