Reginald Davis, 60, was found stabbed to death inside a home in the 10900 block of South State Street in Roseland, on Chicago's Far South Side, on the afternoon of Tuesday, November 22, 2022, two days before Thanksgiving. The Chicago Police Department investigated. The Chicago Sun-Times homicide tracker, which lists every homicide in the city, records his death as a stabbing.
According to Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner's office, Davis was found on the floor inside the home. He had been stabbed in the back. He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Police did not say publicly who found him, how long he had been lying there, what kind of weapon was used, or whether anyone else was in the home when he was attacked. No one else was reported hurt.
Police said the slaying may have stemmed from a domestic incident, a term Chicago police use when the people involved are relatives, partners or others who share a household.
That suggests investigators believed Davis may have known the person who attacked him. Even so, the reports said no arrests had been made. No suspect description, person of interest or reward was announced in any coverage that could be found, and no later story reported a charge.
An obituary posted by Gardner Funeral Home says Reginald Davis was born on September 8, 1962, and that he "tragically passed away in his home on November 22 of 2022" at the age of 60. Only a short excerpt of that notice was available for this account, so details about his family, his work and the people who loved him are not known here.
Reginald Davis is also a common name. Searches turn up obituaries, court records and news stories about many other men named Reginald Davis, in Chicago and elsewhere, none of them connected to this case. That crowd of namesakes makes it harder to find any public trace of the man who died on State Street in 2022, and may help explain why his story has been so hard to follow.
The 10900 block of South State Street lies in Roseland, a largely residential community on the Far South Side, a short distance north of 111th Street. State Street is one of the city's main north-south roads, and the blocks around it are lined with houses, two-flats and small businesses. Neighbors on the block, or people who regularly visited the home, may have noticed comings and goings that afternoon or in the days before.
Chicago recorded about 720 homicides in 2022, down from about 800 in 2021, the deadliest year in a quarter century. Chicago police reported clearing roughly half of the city's homicides in the years from 2019 through 2023, though those figures count cases closed without charges. Most killings in those years were shootings, and stabbings like this one often received only a few lines of news coverage before fading from view.
No arrest, criminal charge or court case connected to the death of Reginald Davis could be found in news archives or public records. More than 3 years later, there is no public sign that anyone has been held responsible. Anyone who knew Reginald Davis, who lived near him on South State Street, or who heard talk afterward about what happened inside the home that Tuesday may be able to help. Even a small detail, such as a name overheard, a person seen leaving the area or a conversation remembered, can help detectives move a case forward. Anyone with information can call the Chicago Police Department's anonymous tip line at (833) 408-0069 or submit a tip online at CPDTIP.com, or contact Cook County Crime Stoppers at (800) 535-STOP (7867).
