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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