Two in custody following Norwood Park homicide where sister unknowingly encountered attacker

Two people have been arrested in the brutal assault of a 63-year-old man in Norwood Park over the weekend.

No charges have been announced for the two, who are considered 'persons of interest' in the homicide of George N. Levin, whose body was found by his sister in their home in the 7600 block of West Talcott Avenue, police said.

Levin’s 65-year-old sister last saw Levin around 7 p.m. Sunday when they had dinner at their Northwest Side home in the 7600 block of West Talcott Avenue, the police report stated. After eating, he went downstairs, where he lived.

But around 8:30 p.m. she heard a “loud noise” from his apartment and went to check on Levin, according to police reports obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times.

After noticing the back door open, she saw a person she didn’t know and asked them: “Is my brother OK?”

“Yes, I am with your brother. I will have him call you,” they responded, according to a police report.

Later, she found the partially clothed and bruised Levin, whose hands were bound by duct tape, his ankles tied with a black power cord and a sock lodged in his mouth held closed by duct tape, authorities said.

Levin’s sister told officers his cellphone, car keys and wallet were missing, officials said.

Area 5 detectives are investigating.