JoAnn Cunningham, who pleaded guilty to killing her 5-year-old son in April 2019, was sentenced to 35 years in prison for the crime on Friday, after two days of emotional testimony, the North West Herald reports. Cunningham, 37, pleaded guilty on December 5, 2019, to a single count of first degree murder, after denying she …
An Illinois woman accused of killing her 5-year-old son Andrew “A.J.” Freund has pleaded guilty to his death and faces 20 to 60 years in prison when she is sentenced early next year, NBC Chicago reported. JoAnn Cunningham, 36, previously pleaded not guilty and requested a jury trial. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Andrew Freund Sr. …
Social services workers assigned to the case of now-deceased boy, A.J. Freund, were apparently overloaded with cases during the time they made visits to the child’s home. It’s an ongoing problem with the Illinois Department of Family and Children Services, according to recent information revealed to a federal judge. Chicago Tribune reports that a lawyer …
A reported friend of an Illinois woman accused of killing of her 5-year-old son, A.J. Freund, says she’s been receiving death threats after the public learned she was at the family home on the day the boy was reported missing. “If I would have known what I know now I would have done a heck …
Newly released photos revealed a look inside the Crystal Lake, Illinois, home where 5-year-old A.J. Freund died. Police found the young boy deceased last month, and his parents have been charged with his death. FOX 32 reports that the pictures, obtained via the Freedom of Information Act (FIOA), were taken by Crystal Lake officers who …
An affidavit filed in McHenry County court revealed heartbreaking details on how authorities cracked the case of 5-year-old Andrew “A.J.” Freund, a Crystal Lake, Illinois, boy reportedly killed by his own parents for urinating on himself. ABC 7 reports that according to the newly-released affidavit, Crystal Lake police found a video of A.J. on his …
The former husband of an Illinois woman accused of killing her 5-year-old says drug use turned a once nice person into a monster. “Our marriage started off well and it was like a switch flipped in her head,” Craig Summerkamp told Mail Online. “She was a decent person. But then she got hooked on pills …
Relatives of an Illinois boy found wrapped in plastic and buried allegedly at his parents hands are speaking out about the “little superhero” they believe selflessly acted to save his siblings. As CrimeOnline previously reported, A.J. Freund’s body was found buried in a shallow grave last week, about a week after he was reported missing …
The parents of 5-year-old A.J. Freund appeared in court today, facing murder charges after the little boy was found deceased last week. A.J.’s mother reportedly seemed dazed and confused while a judge questioned her. NBC Chicago reports that 36-year-old JoAnn Cunningham appeared only two minutes before a judge in a Woodstock, Illinois, courtroom, and explained …
Two Illinois Department of Family Children Services employees were relieved from their duties on Friday, while officials continue to investigate the workers’ past interactions with slain boy A.J. Freund and his family. According to DCFS, the agency is “conducting a comprehensive review of our work” with the family of the 5-year-old boy, who was found dead …
Andrew “AJ” Freund, a 5-year-old Illinois boy found dead and buried in a shallow grave on Wednesday, died from numerous blunt force injuries to his head, according to the McHenry County Coroner’s Office. McHenry County Interim Coroner David Devane, who released the boy’s official cause of death results on Thursday afternoon, noted that A.J. had …
He was born with opioids in his system and police officers were called to his home numerous times. Yet for years, the Illinois Department of Family and Children’s Services allowed 5-year-old A.J. Freund to live in a reported filthy, decrepit unsafe home, until his death earlier this month. “This agency, there is no direction, no …
