Trespasser charged in murder of popular charter captain after he confronted group breaking onto his boat

A man has been charged with the murder of a beloved Chicago charter boat captain six months after he was killed.

Alexis Trader, 34, was charged with first-degree murder Thursday in the Labor Day weekend death of Nabil Abzal, 63, who was known by those at DuSable Harbor at “Captain Bill.”

Abzal was sleeping on his charter yacht, named “Gone”, on August 30, 2025, when Trader allegedly climbed a locked, dock gate and let some friends, a man and two women, onto the pier, according to prosecutors…

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