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Nutter was "Getting Life on Track" at Time of Murder

Collin Nutter was "right on the verge of making some big changes in his life," at the time of his murder on June 3, his father said in a Chicago Tribune article. His father went on to describe Nutter as a gentle, funny and creative boy who struggled with attention deficit disorder and always had a lot of close friends. After running into trouble in school — including a retail theft charge — Nutter decided to become a social worker so that he could help at-risk-teens. He had returned home from Lincoln College in December after falling behind on credits, and planned on attending the College of Lake County in the fall.

Michael Nutter, 65, a manager of the cartography department at Encyclopedia Britannica planned on retiring soon to spend more time with his son. "It feels like a part of your life has been ripped away," he told the Tribune. "In a stronger sense, it feels like my life has been destroyed," he said. "I feel like I'm holding together by a few threads that could come apart at any minute. And I have to rebuild with what I have left."

Read Patch's previous coverage of Collin Nutter's murder here

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