A murder that shocked a city
The 2017 slaying of 15‑year‑old Curtis Boston Jr. sent ripples through Chicago’s neighborhoods, a teenage life cut short in a hail of gunfire that left the community demanding answers.
Prosecutors built their case not on eyewitness testimony but on a cascade of digital footprints: cellphone pings that linked the accused to the crime scene, GPS traces that mapped their movements across the city, and surveillance footage that captured the chase and the volley of shots that ended Boston’s life.
Digital trails lead to conviction
Evidence showed that William McGivens’ phone communicated with Quincy Ray’s device in the minutes before the attack, while Ray’s handset was recorded traveling through Cincinnati’s Camp Washington and Burlington Place districts in the hours surrounding the shooting. The stolen SUV used in the assault was never recovered, yet investigators tied its presence to the defendants through the same digital network.
Unanswered questions linger
The trial acknowledged the gaps that remain: a motive has never been established, and the identity of the SUV’s driver has evaded law enforcement. The absence of DNA, fingerprints or a clear eyewitness left portions of the story unfinished, even as the jury delivered guilty verdicts on two counts of aggravated murder.