Murder Investigation Update 400 block of E. Riverside Dr.

 to a subject who had been shot and killed. The Victim was identified by the Vanderburgh County Coroner’s Office as 34-year-old Jerry Hale. Christopher Boyd Jr. was developed as the suspect in this deadly shooting. Investigators obtained a judicially signed warrant for his arrest for the charge of Murder. 

This morning, January 11th, Christopher Boyd Jr. was located in the state of Georgia by the U.S. Marshals Service and was taken into custody. Along with EPD Detectives and EPD Street Crimes Unit, Law Enforcement Officials from Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office, U.S. Marshals Service, Chicago PD, and Montgomery Alabama Task Force have been conducting an around the clock search for Boyd. We would like to thank these agencies for their time and effort in helping track down this violent offender. Boyd will be transported back to Vanderburgh County. 

Christopher Boyd Jr. is a Serious Violent Felon. Boyd has a prior conviction for attempted murder from April 20th, 2011, through the Cook County Circuit Court in Chicago, Illinois (Court Case #: 2010CR042410), Burglary from October 9th, 2018, through the Cook County Circuit Court in Chicago, Illinois (Court Case #: 2018CR040600), Domestic Battery/Prior from October 9th, 2018, through the Cook County Circuit Court in Chicago, Illinois (Court Case #: 2018CR040600). 

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