25-Jul-16 – A new photo released by the family of Marques Gaines shows more clearly the man they believe is responsible for his death.

Gaines, a 32-year-old bartender at Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile, was attacked outside the 7-Eleven at State & Hubbard Streets in River North early on the morning on February 7. Knocked out by a punch to the head, Gaines lay on his back in the street as he was robbed by a witness to the attack and then run over accidentally by a taxi.

The man who threw that punch left the scene. Chicago police and a private investigator hired by the family are now trying to find him.

Drexina Nelson, Marques’s sister, says they have received tips that the man “is still selling drugs on the corner in front of the 7-Eleven.”

The death was ruled a homicide by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.

A lawsuit, filed on March 2 by the woman who raised Marques after his parents died, is still in early stages in Cook County Circuit Court, with a case management conference scheduled for September 1. Phyllis Nelson is suing 7-Eleven, the taxi driver, two taxi companies, and Mother Hubbard’s, the bar, next door to the 7-Eleven, where Marques was before the attack.