McCoy heard the intruder or intruders coming, called 911, and told the dispatcher frantically that someone had “throwed the cabinet down” and was breaking in. On an April evening in 1987, she was shot to death by someone who entered her apartment through the hole in the bathroom wall for her medicine cabinet. The victim of the murder, 52-year-old Ruthie Mae McCoy, may have been schizophrenic, but definitely was paranoid. My story, “They Came in Through the Bathroom Mirror,” slipped over the minimum by 8,217 words. Longform is a website that curates articles-most of them current, some of them old-of at least 2,000 words. On Monday, Longform posted a Reader story I wrote 27 years ago about a murder in a Chicago housing project. The killer or killers entered her apartment through the hole in the wall for her medicine cabinet. A file photo of the Abbot Homes building in which Ruthie Mae McCoy was slain in 1987.Best of Chicago 2022: Sports & Recreation.Best of Chicago 2022: Music & Nightlife. Get your Best of Chicago tickets! Line-Up Announced > Close
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