Police conducting a wellbeing check in northwestern Chicago found the body of a 96-year-old woman stuffed into a freezer in the garage. Chicago police said they’d charged 69-year-old Eva Bratcher with concealing the death of her mother, Polish immigrant Regina Michalski, WLS reported. Bratcher has also been charged with possession a false ID, according to …
A 9-year-old boy pointed a loaded gun at his own head and shot himself in a crowded Chicago home on New Year’s Day, according to a police report about the incidnet. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office said Jarvis Watts died from multiple gunshot wounds and ruled his death a homicide, but police labeled …
Chicago police are investigating the shooting deaths of a 27-year-old woman and her 79-year-old father in a Far South Side home, while the woman’s toddler son was found unharmed. Colleagues of Javonni Jenkins called her when she didn’t show up for her job as a medical assistant at Holy Cross Hospital Wednesday morning. Her 2-year-old …
Warning: This article contains graphic descriptions of the crime. A Chicago man confessed to killing and dismembering a man he’d known for years after he was arrested . Judson Taylor, 56, told detectives that 37-year-old Kelvin Perry was his longtime drug dealer and that he was upset over prices Perry charged him and a previous …
A Chicago boarding house tenant who was recently served an eviction notice has been arrested, charged with killing her landlord and dismembering her. Police said Sandra Kolalou, 36, allegedly put the dismembered body parts of Francis Walker, 69, in the house’s freezer, then later deposited bloody rags into a garbage can at Foster Beach, as …
The remains of a Chicago landlord were found in a boarding house freezer on Tuesday, and one of her tenants was arrested. The identities of the victim and suspect have not been released, but police said they began their investigation when another tenant reported not seeing the 55-year-old landlord for a time, WMAQ reported. “The …
A 3-year-old Chicago boy died early Saturday morning, hours after a bullet from the gun of a road rager struck him as he was riding in the backseat of his mother’s vehicle. Police Commander Brian Spreyne said at a news conference on Saturay that Mateo Zastro was clearly shot in a “road rage incident,” although …
A 3-year-old boy whose aunt was caught on video pushing him off Chicago’s Navy Pier a week ago has died from his injuries. Victoria Moreno, 34, was initially charged with attempted murder and battery after the incident last Monday afternoon and was denied bail. Those charges are likely to be upgraded after Josiah “JoJo” Brown’s …
Chicago police are looking for a man who offered a mother cash for her 5-year-old daughter and then tried to snatch the girl by the hair. Police said the incident took place just before noon on Thursday on West Fullerton Avenue on the city’s northwest side, WLS reports. The mother and the girl got away …
Bail was denied Monday for an Illinois man who last week allegedly dumped gasoline on a sleeping homeless man and lit him on fire. On Wednesday, Joseph Guardia, 27, allegedly burned Joseph Kromelis, 75, in Chicago. Surveillance footage showed Guardia silently standing over Kromelis for 16 seconds before walking to a nearby intersection, returning, pouring gas …
A Chicago mother has been charged with smothering her daughter with a plastic bag on her 8th birthday because she thought the girl didn’t love her anymore, prosecutors said Friday at a bond hearing. Andreal Hagler’s brother called police at about 11 a.m. on Wednesday when he went to check on his sister and niece …
A beloved mental health worker and union steward was shot to death by her estranged husband Wednesay morning outside the Target store at Chicago’s Brickyard Mall, police said. Jennifer Hamilton, 47, was rushed to Loyola University Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead, the Chicago Tribune reported. Her husband, 50-year-old Alphonso Hamilton, walked into the …
