Stay Classy Southwest Side

After a nice spring weekend, brutally cut short by Daylight Savings, word about a particularly heinous murder:

• Firefighters responding to a residential fire Friday evening in North Lawndale discovered the dismembered body of a 68-year-old man, according to Chicago police, who said the fire had been intentionally set. Fire crews answering a call around 5:15 p.m. Friday of a residential fire in the 2300 block of South Kirkland Avenue put out the fire and found the body of the man in the basement.

  His arms and right leg had been severed, according to a police report that said he also had a neck injury and deep cuts to his left leg. Inside the residence, investigators also found contractor bags, a reciprocating saw, shrink wrap and a cellphone.

No word yet if these were illegals doing crimes that Chicagoans won't do anymore because Conehead insists crime is down. That may be true across certain categories (we spent years pointing out the statistical manipulation), but overall, the true count isn't nearly as clear as the political class would have you believe.