Police in Illinois announced Thursday they had arrested a suspect in the 21-year-old stabbing murder of a United Airlines flight attendant, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Luis Rodriguez-Mena, 46, has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder in 1999 stabbing of 30-year-old Young Kavila, the Sun-Times said. Rodriguez-Mena was a neighbor of Kavila’s and fled …
A Michigan mother was charged Friday with two counts of murder in the 2003 deaths of her newborn twin sons in Illinois, who were found dead by a Waste Management employee emptying trash bins in an alley, the Daily Herald reports. Antoinette Briley, 41, reportedly admitted to the “birth, death and disposal of the two …
A Chicago man has been charged with first degree murder after he allegedly stabbed stabbed the boyfriend of a Thanksgiving party host nine times, killing him. James Dixon, 29, reportedly had consumed numerous alcoholic drinks during the party and got into a heated argument with Vincell Jackson, 52, at the end of the party early …
An Illinois woman is accused of shooting her boyfriend on Friday, resulting in his death days later. Citing DuPage prosecutors, the Chicago Tribune reported that Rosa LaGrone, 34, will face upgraded charges following the completion of Darnell Manns’ autopsy. LaGrone reportedly shot her boyfriend during an argument about him dating another woman. After the shooting, prosecutors …
A 25-year-old Chicago man was ordered held without bail this week for the June murders of his girlfriend, her mother, and her sister — apparently because his girlfriend wasn’t feeling well and wouldn’t cook for him or braid his hair. Shonta Harris, 24, and John Matthews had a 4-month-old son together, although they lived in …
An Illinois woman whose body was found Wednesday, two days after her reported disappearance, was beaten, raped, strangled, and burned, officials said. Vanessa Ceja-Ramirez, 22, was found dead at the Midlothian Meadows Forest Preserve, as CrimeOnline previously reported. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office listed her cause of death as ligature strangulation and said she …
A judge Friday morning ordered the extradition of Kyle Rittenhouse, and the Illinois teenager accused of killing two people at a protest in Kenosha is already in jail in Wisconsin, TMJ4 reports. Rittenhouse, 17, travelled from his home in Illinois on August 25 because of protests after the police shooting of Jacob Blake, who was …
A high school senior was caught on a remote learning livestream sexually molesting a Chicago first grader on Thursday, prosecutors said. Catrell A. Walls, 18, has been charged with predatory criminal sexual assault of a victim under 13 and appeared for a bond hearing Saturday afternoon, according to the Chicago Tribune. The victim, a 7-year-old …
A pregnant Illinois woman was fatally shot early Tuesday in a shooting that has left her premature baby fighting for their life. WGN-TV reported that Chicago police officers responding to gunshots around midnight found Stacy Jones, 35, unresponsive on a porch. Jones was ultimately pronounced deceased at a hospital. According to WLS, Jones was eight …
On Thursday, a federal judge agreed to keep a jury anonymous if R. Kelly stands trial for federal charges in New York. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly also agreed with prosecutors’ request to keep the jury partially sequestered. Donnelly’s ruling was mentioned in a docket entry regarding Kelly’s case, but …
A 5-year-old girl was stabbed to death in Chicago Saturday morning, and police are questioning a 27-year-old woman they say is a relative. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the little girl as Serenity Arrington, who, police said, had multiple stab wounds, CBS Chicago reports. Neighbors tried to help her before the arrival of …
The inmate who allegedly attacked R. Kelly inside the singer’s cell last month has been moved to a different jail, federal prosecutors revealed in court documents filed Tuesday. According to TMZ, federal prosecutors said the inmate who assaulted Kelly, 53, on August 25 at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in Illinois was relocated to a …
