The special prosecutor who brought involuntary manslaughter charges against former Mayor Richard Daley's nephew after a Rush Street confrontation led to the death of David Koschman concluded Thursday that he will not bring charges against the Chicago police or Cook County prosecutors who initially handled the case.
Former U.S. Attorney Dan Webb, who was appointed a special prosecutor in the case, said a three-year statute of limitations on the initial investigation in 2004 barred charges of official misconduct. He said evidentiary issues surrounding a 2011 reinvestigation of the case kept him from charging police or prosecutors.
Webb was granted permission by Cook County Judge Michael Toomin to file his 162-page report under seal because of potentially explosive details about the investigations that, he said, could impair Daley nephew Richard J. Vanecko's right to a fair trial. But with the report under wraps until after Vanecko's trial, scheduled for next year, attorneys involved in the case attempted to parse Webb's filing and a public statement.
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