Man detained in New Year’s Day slaying of mom of four inside a West Loop apartment

A Chicago man accused of shooting and killing mom of four Kristina Romandine in the West Loop apartment she shared with her father on New Year’s Day was ordered detained in custody Saturday.  Witnesses identified Johnnie Matthews, the 42-year-old charged with first-degree murder and possessing a weapon as a felon, as the person they heard arguing with Romandine Wednesday morning at her apartment in the 1500 block of West Warren Boulevard, authorities told a Cook County judge during a detention hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court Building. Romandine’s family has said the two were romantically involved but not officially in […]