From WABC7 News in Chicago:

John Hearring — known as Nicholas — was discovered with head trauma in his upstairs apartment in the South Austin neighborhood.

My inlaws lived in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood until 1970. Look at all the vibrancy they missed out on by moving to a dilapidated farm without indoor plumbing for the first couple of years they were there.

Sunday, July 15, 2018 10:31PM

CHICAGO (WLS) — A 63-year-old father of 43 children was found beaten to death Sunday afternoon in his home on Chicago’s West Side.

The body of John Hearring — known as Nicholas — was discovered with head trauma in his upstairs apartment in the 1000-block of North Leamington Avenue in the South Austin neighborhood.

Multiple family members confirmed that he had 43 children.