A father of 43 children has been found beaten to death in his home on Chicago's West Side on Sunday.

A neighbor found the body of John Hearring, 63, in his upstairs apartment in the 1000-block of North Leamington Avenue in the South Austin neighborhood, and contacted the police.

He appears to have died from head trauma, ABC 7 reports.

John Hearring (pictured) was found beaten to death in his home on Chicago's West Side on Sunday

Police were at the scene yesterday are investigating the homicide.

Family described Hearring, who was known as Nicholas, as a father-of-43, and a well known character in the local community.

Police were at the scene yesterday are investigating the homicide (pictured)

The body of John Hearring, 63, was discovered in the upstairs apartment (pictured) in the 1000-block of North Leamington Avenue in the South Austin neighborhood

Gwen Bridgeforth, a daughter-in-law, (pictured) described Hearring, who was known as Nicholas, as a father-of-43, and a well known character in the local community

'He was the nicest man you'd ever want to meet. I don't get it.

'All this killing is so senseless and now they are targeting the elderly,' said Gwen Bridgeforth, a daughter-in-law.

So far, no arrests have been made and police do not have a motive for the murder.

Srgt Bruno of the Chicago Police Department told DailyMail.com that no arrests have been made.

He was 'unable to verify' whether the attack had been a robbery gone wrong, adding it was 'still an ongoing investigation.'