Jury sees video of man running with knife after grad student’s deadly stabbing in downtown Chicago
By Stephanie Zimmermann
Published on May 13, 2026.
Jurors have seen surveillance footage from Tony Robinson, a homeless man accused of fatally stabbing visiting graduate student Anat Kimchi in downtown Chicago. The footage, which is central to the case, shows a man resembling Robinson running with a knife near the scene of the murder. However, none of the videos captured the deadly attack on June 19, 2021. Robinson, who lived in a tent nearby, is accused of murdering Kimchi. The defense argues that Robinson is innocent and has tried to discredit eyewitness testimony by another homeless man, Tavon Jones, who claimed his description of the offender didn't match. The prosecution has shown several videos of Robinson's movements during the trial.
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