Northwestern Professor, Oxford Employee Wanted For Murder, Considered Armed And Dangerous

Arrest warrants were issued Wednesday for a Northwestern University professor and a University of Oxford employee for the murder of a 26-year-old man. Wyndham Lathem, 42, and Andrew Warren, 56, were wanted for first-degree murder in the death of Trenton H. James Cornell-Duranleau.

Lathem had been an associate professor of microbiology and immunology at Northwestern University in Chicago since 2007. He was placed on administrative leave and banned from setting foot on any of the school's campuses, university spokesman Alan Cubbage told the Chicago Sun Times Wednesday. A search for Lathem’s faculty biography on the university’s website rerouted to a “page not found” error.

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“There is no indication of any risk to the Northwestern community from this individual at this time,” Cubbage told the Sun-Times.

Warren was a senior treasury assistant for payroll and pensions at Somerville College, a part of the University of Oxford in England. It remained unclear whether he was still in the position at this time, though his faculty page remained active on the website as of Wednesday afternoon.

Lathem and Warren were considered armed and dangerous at the time the warrants for their arrests were issued Wednesday, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Cornell-Duranleau, 26, was found dead inside an apartment building Thursday after a maintenance worker had called authorities to report a crime, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. When police arrived, they found Cornell-Duranleau had suffered multiple injuries from a sharp object consistent with stabbing. His death was subsequently ruled a homicide by the medical examiner’s office.

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Police said they were working to discern the motive for the crime, exploring a “variety” of options including “a possible domestic incident,” according to the Sun-Times. Management at the building where Cornell-Duranleau was found dead sent a letter to tenants stating that there was no cause to believe there was a “security concern” inside the building.