Martin Lynch

Martin William Lynch was the father of Simon and Peter Lynch, and husband of Jenny Lynch. He and Jenny were murdered by Peter Burrell on June 7, 1998, however, just before Burrell would've reached Simon's room, Martin, with his last breath, attempted to call 911 - he only partly succeeded, dying in the attempt, but still managing to alert first responders. His actions managed to distract Burrell just long enough for Simon to hide in his closet crawl space, where Burrell was unable to find him, and at which point he fled the scene at the sound of approaching emergency sirens. There Simon stayed for the next several hours until discovered by FBI's Art Jeffries, after an old friend of Jeffries' - Detective Jack Nichols - had arrived with the Chicago PD.