CHICAGO — A Chicago man was convicted in a jury trial for plotting to kill witnesses in his relative’s trial.
In the summer of 2024, Christopher Yates was charged after a plot was foiled to kill witnesses for his relative’s 2020 murder trial. The relative was accused of shooting and killing a woman.
Yates, 41, recruited two individuals to carry out the killings of the witnesses and provided them with a handgun and ammunition…