Kevin Clewer.

MUS-2026-0116

Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.

On March 24, 2004, 31-year-old Kevin Clewer was found stabbed more than 40 times in his Northalsted apartment after a night out with friends in Chicago’s Boystown neighborhood. Police traced his last hours to a man he had met at a local bar, but no charges have ever been filed. In 2026 the assigned detective told Windy City Times the investigation had stalled for lack of evidence; a $50,000 reward stands.

1. 2004-03-23

   Kevin Clewer, 31, went barhopping in Chicago's Boystown neighborhood, stopping at Roscoe's, Sidetrack and Little Jim's, and left with a man who identified himself as Fernando.

2. 2004-03-24

   Clewer's father, who had gone to check on him, found him dead in his apartment at 3444 N. Elaine Place; he had been stabbed 42 times, all in the back.

3. 2005

   Both of Clewer's parents died within weeks of each other, his mother in April and his father in May, without seeing the case resolved.

4. 2022-06-15

   The Unsolved Mysteries podcast released an episode covering the case.

5. 2026

   The assigned detective told Windy City Times the investigation had stalled and there was not enough evidence to bring charges; a $50,000 reward stands for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

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• Windy City Times: 2026 update on the 2004 murder
• FOX 32 Chicago: Boystown cold case
• Cold Case Archive: Kevin Clewer