The charges mark a dramatic twist in a case that seemed to fizzle out in 2004 as the investigation went nowhere.



Police initially said that witnesses gave conflicting accounts of what occurred and some claimed Koschman was the aggressor in the confrontation.



Almost two weeks after Koschman died of his injuries, a top prosecutor in the Cook County state's attorney's office was called to the Belmont Area headquarters on the day detectives put Vanecko in several lineups, all of which police said ended with witnesses failing to identify him as the assailant.



Vanecko had come to the station with his attorney, Terence Gillespie, who told police his client would not answer questions.



Dan Kirk, chief of staff for current State's Attorney Anita Alvarez told the Tribune in an interview earlier this year that there was no admissible evidence that could have been used to file charges at the time.