Man Out on Parole Allegedly Strangled Honors Student in Parking Garage When She Ignored His Catcalls

A man has been charged with the murder of 19-year-old University of Illinois at Chicago honors student Ruth George.

Twenty-six-year-old Donald Thurman was charged with first-degree murder and criminal sexual assault for allegedly killing George, who was found in the backseat of a car parked in a campus parking garage Saturday, according to a UIC police news release obtained by PEOPLE.

George’s family had reported her missing and UIC police were able to locate her in the garage after tracking her cell phone.

At a hearing on Tuesday, prosecutors alleged that Thurman attacked George after she ignored his repeated catcalls, the Chicago Tribune reports.

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