Prosecutors: Man killed nurse, stole her rings and used them to propose to his girlfriend

[The Northerner]

A Chicago man on parole for an attempted murder conviction beat an elderly nurse to death in her Bridgeport garage, stole her wedding and engagement rings and used them to propose to his girlfriend, prosecutors said today in court.

Raymond Harris, 36, was ordered held without bail on charges of first-degree murder and armed robbery in the Oct. 22 slaying of Virginia Perillo, 73.

Prosecutors said Harris, who was paroled in May, attacked Perillo as she was getting out of her car in her garage in the 3300 block of South Parnell Avenue. He stole her purse and wedding and engagement rings.

A longtime nurse at Rush University Medical Center, Perillo suffered serious head wounds and never regained consciousness before dying the next day.

Read more: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-11-10/news/chi-prosecutors-man-killed-nurse-stole-her-rings-and-used-them-to-propose-to-his-girlfriend-20111110_1_rings-murder-conviction-raymond-harris

[gateley]

1. Scratch that "attempted" from this charge.

Absolutely heartbreaking.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

6. He was on parole for attempted murder. Not charged with it. He finally got it right.

:(

[emilyg]

2. Disgusting creep.

[Liberal_in_LA]

8. +1

[Initech]

3. Shit like this makes me lose faith in humanity on a daily basis.

[Speck Tater]

4. My guess is that...

... in heaven when they are assigning souls to which planet they will be born on, all the reject defective souls get sent to Earth. It's the only plausible explanation.

[Initech]

5. I have to say that is a very interesting theory.

[Nay]

7. He's the definition of a sociopath! nt