Police questioning person of interest in stabbing of suburban CEO in River North

Wednesday, April 4, 2018
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago police said Wednesday a person of interest is being questioned in the fatal stabbing of a software company CEO in River North last month.

Mike Beedle, of Park Ridge, was the CEO and founder of Enterprise Scrum, a software and training company. He was also one of the leaders of a software movement called Agile, a method of managing software products around the world.
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Beedle was stabbed in an alley at State Street and Hubbard Avenue early in the morning on March 23.

Chicago police said they believe the offender is a homeless person who may have been trying to rob Beedle as he cut through an alley early that morning
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Beedle's coworker Michael Herman said Beedle was passionate about teaching others the innovative organizational approach.

"He's changed thousands and thousands, I don't know, probably fair to say millions of lives, people who will never know his name,"Herman said.
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