I didn't have him for any classes, but a few friends of mine did. He was kind of a character, but IIRC not necessarily in a good way. I remember back in '86 or '87, someone superimposed his head on a picture of a guy in a porno mag, added the caption "Al 'Thruster' Filan" and passed it around in a few classes.

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Family: Woman charged in Orland Park stabbing acted in self-defense



By Rosemary Regina Sobol

Tribune reporter

3:03 PM CST, January 26, 2014

A woman accused of fatally stabbing a high school teacher in Orland Park has told relatives she acted in self-defense after her friend was threatened, an uncle said Sunday.

"There's a lot more to the story," said Ed Hensley, 43, of Winchester, Ky. "I don't know all the details but I believe her."

"The big thing is, she feels like she was defending herself."

His niece, Alisha M.Walker, 20, has been charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of Alan Filan, 61, a teacher at Brother Rice High School on Chicago's Southwest Side.

Police say Walker, from Akron, Ohio, has confessed that she went to Filan's home Jan. 18 after Filan contacted her through the classifieds website Backpage. The two had met on at least two other occasions, according to police.

Walker, who has prior arrests for drugs, prostitution and battery, told police the two argued over money and there was a struggle, during which Walker stabbed Filan several times, police said.

Filan was found dead on the kitchen floor of his Orland Park home Tuesday when he didn't report for work that day. The Cook County medical examiner's office said the cause of death was multiple stab and incise wounds.

Walker's uncle said another woman, a friend of Walker, was also at Filan's home at the time. Walker has told relatives she acted in self-defense after the other woman was threatened, according to Hensley.

"There's a lot of things that don't make sense," said Hensley, who said he spoke to his niece by phone Saturday night from the Allen County Jail in Fort Wayne, Ind., where Walker is being held. "She's not doing very good, she's pretty upset, she was crying."

Orland Park Police Department Cmdr. John Keating confirmed this afternoon that there was "another female who traveled to the home with the suspect." He also said that there would be an extradition hearing for Walker Monday in Fort Wayne.

Hensley acknowledged that Walker has been in trouble before but "nothing like this." He added, "She was trying to get herself straightened out."

Hensley and his wife Dawn, who is the sister of Walker's mother, took Walker in when she was in eighth grade through her senior year in high school when "times got tough" for her, he said.

"She's always been around," Hensley said. "She is like my little girl."

Hensley said the last time he saw his niece was about three years ago but he keeps in touch by phone. Hensley said he feels terribly about what happened and he is worried about his niece.

"I hate to think of anybody losing their life over anything," Hensley said.

"I am worried about her because murder one … that's the rest of her life," Hensley said. "She's 20. She has a long hard road ahead of her. If she did wrong, she's going to have to pay the price for what she did."

Filan taught at Brother Rice High School for nearly 40 years and coached soccer at Tinley Park's Victor Andrew High School from 1988 to 2010.

Brian Collie, 44, a 1987 Brother Rice graduate, said the circumstances surrounding the stabbing were "definitely surprising."

"He always taught us to be good, upstanding young Christian men," Collie said. "Again, I don't know the situation, but it just seems out of character for him to be in that situation.

"To us, he was upstanding in every way," he said. "I hope he rests in peace. I'm sorry and saddened that all the young men weren't able to be guided by him."

Filan, a 1974 graduate of Calumet College of St. Joseph's in Whiting, Ind., is part of a prominent Cook County family. His brother, Bill, is a Chicago lobbyist, and his sister, Denise, is a Cook County judge.

She got dem stabbin' eyes.

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On ways to die, that can't be high on the list.

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Looks like he hit her in the head with a hammer.

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He asked for a blowjob and she said you give me one first.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

"She was trying to get herself straightened out." said her Uncle

Thats why she was doing 2 girl appointments, a little less stress.

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

It looks like she was beaten with an ugly stick.

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

If theres one thing I've learned from reading stories where a suspect is in custody its totally 100% of the time believe family members when they say the suspect is innocent or didn't do it.

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

I never heard of Backpage before. Interesting.

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What passes as "prominent" in the county of Cook...

is part of a prominent Cook County family. His brother, Bill, is a Chicago lobbyist, and his sister, Denise, is a Cook County judge.

Being beholden to the Democratic Party, but at a higher level, makes one "prominent."

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Poor girl.

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So much for prostitution being a victimless crime

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I wonder how much the disagreement in money was that led to the murder.

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He didnt die from sex. He died from not agreeing to the price beforehand like a seasoned pro.

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And she wasn't stressed from being a prostitute. She was stressed out from the long drive from Akron to Orland Park.

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I think you solved the case Crest. I bet that she wanted her gas money paid for and he said that wasnt part of the deal.

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He probably said "my sister's a Cook County judge."

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The altercation took place after money wasn't exchanged for goods/services. It could have been a car stereo, or a bag of oranges. Would you then blame electronics and fruit?

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

I don't think the problem will end up being payment. I'm sure they were trying to rob him of everything

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

you can get a motel room for around $50, why would you have hookers over to your home, multiple times?

if you can afford to see hookers, you cannot afford not to pay for a discrete motel room.

They were attempting to steal, under the guise of prostitution. Well, that puts another one in my column.

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Even Chaspoopcup knows that.

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Oh, Chussy....

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That was actually a compliment.

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Works well with your sig.

Did you intentionally leave out the quote from BF that went along with my post?

Your free to think that prostitution is a victimless crime. The evidence of drug abuse among prostitutes and the break up of marriages leave anyone willing to exercise their common sense to think differently.

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Yeah, and besides that they can bite off your pee-pee.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

We will all defer to your expertise.

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that it does.

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