CHICAGO _ A 15-year-old boy found in a burning trash can on Chicago's West Side last month died from burns and his death has been ruled a homicide by the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Demetrius Griffin Jr., a freshman at Steinmetz High School, was found around 1:30 a.m. Sept. 17 in an alley in the 5500 block of West Cortez Street, hours after he missed his curfew, according to his family.
His body was found burned beyond recognition, and it took the medical examiner's office nearly a month to determine the cause and manner of death.
Police have reported no arrests.
During a vigil days after he was killed, Demetrius' mother, Polly Sykes, called on her neighbors in the South Austin community to come forward with any information about the slaying.
"They killed my baby out here, in this alley. You know something," she said. "Please come forward. They took my life."
