Authorities in Aurora, Illinois, say at five people were killed and many others were injured in a mass shooting at a business on Friday. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the deadly incident unfolded at a manufacturing plant in the Chicago suburb. According to the New York Times, at least five police officers were among those shot. …
Authorities in Illinois have reportedly released images showing the inside of R. Kelly’s Chicago recording studio—a location the singer’s been accused of using to hold women captive. On Tuesday, a judge hit Kelly, 52, with 66 building code violations and ordered that the studio can’t double as a residence. Rolling Stone reported that the “Ignition” …
Police in Illinois are searching for a man who they said let an 11-year-old relative drive herself and a friend to elementary school while he sat in the passenger seat. People reported that Khafilu Oshodi, 31, is wanted for child endangerment and driving with a suspended license after W.J. Murphy Elementary School staff saw the …
Police in Illinois said a 12-year-old girl was killed Sunday and her 9-year-old friend injured after a snowbank they built near a church collapsed on them. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office reportedly determined Esther Jung died of asphyxia and hypothermia which occurred when she became trapped under a snowbank. Citing police, the Chicago Tribune …
Authorities in Illinois say a 19-year-old man has been indicted on first-degree murder charges in connection to the death of his girlfriend’s 4-year-old daughter. According to the Chicago Tribune, the young victim, Skylar Mendez, spilled her juice, which allegedly triggered the deadly reaction from Johnathan Fair. The Waukegan man appeared in a Lake County Circuit …
Prosecutors reportedly said that charges could be reduced against the Illinois man accused of killing and dismembering his 2-year-old son in 2015 after he cried while having an allergic reaction to milk. The family of Kyrian Knox told WBBM Wednesday that the state’s attorney’s office informed them that they may reduce murder charges against Kamel Harris, …
Following his conviction in September, an Illinois man learned this week that he would spend five years behind bars for the years-long sexual abuse of an underage family member. According to the Northwest Herald, 54-year-old David Tapley had been a deacon at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Cary, where he also served as …
Authorities in Illinois say a fellow law enforcement officer is facing criminal charges related to the sexual assault of two juveniles. According to the New York Post, one of the alleged victims is the 14-year-old daughter of his girlfriend. Police say 43-year-old Luke Hatzipetros entered the girl’s bedroom last month and touched her inappropriately at …
Authorities in Illinois are pursuing criminal charges against a woman accused of hiding her teen daughter’s medical condition from others in the family, resulting in the girl’s death last month. According to Fox News, the 14-year-old was diagnosed with diabetes in 2013. Prosecutors claim Amber Hampshire was aware of the girl’s diagnosis but did not …
Authorities in Illinois say a man was arrested on suspicion of killing his own mother and dumping her body in an alley earlier this week. According to the New York Post, 25-year-old Robert Wallace is accused of stabbing and beating the victim to death before placing her mortally injured body in a trash can near …
More than a year after an intoxicated 19-year-old girl was found dead in the walk-in freezer at the Crowne Plaza Hotel near Chicago, her family has filed a negligence suit for $50 million against the hotel. As the U.K. Daily Mail reported, the suit was filed on Tuesday and introduces new allegations stemming from an …
Authorities in Illinois are asking for the public’s help in locating a 16-year-old girl who was last seen leaving her high school earlier this month. In a Facebook post, the DuPage County Sheriff’s Office said investigators believe Amanda Perrier is currently in Wisconsin. Perrier was reportedly last seen leaving York High School in Elmhurst at around 10 …
