Investigation continues into death of man found beaten on Avondale street corner – CWB Chicago

Chicago police are persevering with to research the loss of life of Alexander Kazanowski, a 25-year-old Avondale man who died days after being discovered badly overwhelmed on a avenue nook within the Northwest Facet neighborhood final week.

A passerby discovered Kazanowski mendacity facedown on the nook of Belmont and Harding round 3:15 a.m. on March 24. The Cook dinner County Medical Examiner’s Workplace dominated his loss of life a murder, attributable to head trauma suffered throughout an assault.

A supply accustomed to the case beforehand instructed CWB Chicago that it appeared Kazanowski was strolling residence after getting right into a disagreement at an area bar. The working speculation was that he had been adopted from the bar by the opposite get together concerned within the dispute.

The Chicago Hearth Division took Kazanowski to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Middle, however he succumbed to his accidents on Saturday afternoon. He’s survived by his associate, Tori, his daughter, Thea, and his soon-to-be-born son, John, in keeping with an obituary.

“He was a person who carved his personal path via sheer hustle, doing something and the whole lot—from landscaping to tutoring—to convey his visions to life,” the obituary states. Often known as Xander, Kazanowski “proudly professed Christ as his savior and stood agency in his convictions till the very finish.”

“Xander lived life at full pace and with a uncommon depth,” his obituary recollects. “Whereas his time with us was minimize far too quick, he lived extra in his twenty-five years than many do in a lifetime.”

In 2023, Kazanowski co-owned an vintage store in Rogers Park, drawing the ire of protestors who discovered feedback on his private Fb web page to be transphobic and hateful. Different residents stood up for Kazanowski’s proper to talk his thoughts.

The shop, Boho Barbie Ken, which had a 4.8 ranking on Google till a flood of one-star critiques tanked its efficiency through the protests, rebounded to a 4.9 ranking earlier than closing.

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