An Illinois man found dead in a closet in his home eight months after he was reported missing died by suicide, a coroner’s report says. Jennifer Maedge reported her husband missing on April 27, 2022, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Although police searched the home several times, his body wasn’t found until December 11, when Jennifer …
Three people, including a young girl, were shot to death and a fourth person wounded in their home Sunday night in suburban Chicago. Bolingbrook Police said they were alerted to the shooting shortly after 8 p.m. and found a man, a woman, and a girl dead at the scene. Another woman was taken to a …
An Illinois woman arrested last year for concealing a body in her storage unit has now been charged with murder. Marcy L. Oglesby was arrested on October 11, 2022, when investigators were called to a suspicious odor at a storage facility in Maquon. Knox County Sheriff’s deputies met with the facilities owner and manager and …
The former food service director of a suburban Chicago school district has ben charged with stealing more$1.5 million in chicken wings from the district over a 19-month period. Vera Liddell, 66, worked for Harvey School District 152 for more than a decade, the Chicago Sun-Times reported, and was responsible for placing orders with the district’s …
TWo Illinois paramedics have been charged with murder after they allegedly strapped a man suffering hallucinations from alcohol withdrawal face down on a stretcher. Earl L.Moore, 35, died at a hospital on December 18, said Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon, who classified Moore’s death as a homicide and said he died from asphyxia “due 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 …
The father of a man charged with killing seven people when he opened fire at a July 4 parade in a Chicago suburb has been charged with reckless conduct for sponsoring his son for a gun license in 2019. Robert “Bobby” Crimo III was charged in July with 117 counts of first degree murder, attempted …
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 …
An Illinois woman who disappeared after driving to a grocery store on Sunday has been found dead in the Fox River. Kimberly Koerner’s family said her body was recovered early Monday, nearly 24 hours after she was last seen headed to a Jewel store in Algonquin, WGN reported. She never made it inside the store, …
A 19-year-old Illinois man has been charged with stabbing his girlfriend 17 times Thursday night, leaving her hospitalized and on a ventilator. Prosecutors said in court Saturday that Chance Young carried a 6-inch knife into the couple’s bedroom in Bloomington and told his girlfriend, “I’m going to need you to let me kill you.” Young …
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 …
