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Candyman - A Murder in the Projects
This source is a lengthy and detailed account of the murder of Ruthie Mae McCoy, a mentally ill woman living in Chicago's Abbott Homes, a high-rise housing project. The article chronicles McCoy's struggles with mental illness, her attempts to improve her life, and her eventual death at the hands of intruders who entered her apartment through the medicine cabinet. It also explores the dangerous living conditions in Abbott Homes, characterized by poverty, drug addiction, and widespread crime, and highlights the failure of both the police and the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) to adequately…
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