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Best Case Worst Case

491|And his momma cried...

Best Case Worst Case

X-G Productions

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Maureen and Jim discuss a brutal murder in Chicago's South Side with Chicago Police Commander (Ret) Will Svilar and Retired Chicago Police Homicide Detective Tim Murphy.

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to best case, worst case.

0:09.1

My name is Maureen O'Connell and I'm your co-host today and I am a 25-year veteran with the FBI

0:15.0

and I was on the FBI ZRT team for 20 years.

0:18.8

And with me today is my handsome co-host. Wait, wait, wait, I'm here today,

0:23.0

not your handsome co-host. I know. I know. I just noticed that.

0:27.0

City prosecutor and writer-producer of criminal minds. And today we have two very special guests.

0:33.7

Good afternoon. My name is Will Sveilar. I am a retired Chicago police officer. I was a homicide detective, retired as a rank of commander in the detective division. Like I said, 32 years experience. And we got another top-notch homicide guy with us as well.

0:50.9

Hi. My name is Tim Murphy. I'm a 35-year veteran of law enforcement.

0:56.0

I work for a Chicago Police Department as a homicide detective for over 22 years and was a cold case homicide detective.

1:05.2

And then finished up my last seven years as a detective working officer involved shootings and officer involved fatalities.

1:13.7

Well, thank you for coming, both of you, Will and Tim.

1:18.2

So today, I'm best case, worst case.

1:20.7

We'd like to talk to you about a case that's either a best case or a worst case for you.

1:25.4

And I understand there's a case that you two work together.

1:29.4

Where were you in your careers when this case came in?

1:35.9

This was early November of 2015. I was a day shift homicide supervisor in Area 2, which is on the

1:43.6

far south side of the city of Chicago.

1:47.1

And Tim?

1:48.6

I was working cold case out of that office area two detective division with my partner, Danny Stover.

1:55.5

And how did you guys find out about this case?

1:59.0

I was sitting in the office when the call came in of a person shot in a park

2:03.1

in the 6th District. Like all homicides, I rolled out there with a team and there was an afternoon

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