A detention hearing for the Venezuelan man charged with murdering a Loyola University student was postponed Monday because he is hospitalized with tuberculosis, but prosecutors still revealed new details about the investigation — including that the suspect was identified in part through facial recognition technology that a local state lawmaker is actively trying to ban from law enforcement use.
Jose Medina, 25, of the 6800 block of North Sheridan Road in Rogers Park, is charged with first-degree murder and other felonies in connection with the slaying of Sheridan Gorman, the 18-year-old freshman on the pier at Loyola Beach early last Thursday.
Illinois law requires defendants facing potential detention to be present at their hearings, so yesterday’s proceeding could not move forward without him. Still, prosecutors laid out a few headlines to allow Judge Luciano Panici Jr. to hold Medina until he is discharged from the hospital…