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 …
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 …
An Illinois woman who said she was mentally ill last year when she killed her 7-year-old daughter was sentenced on Thursday to 53 years in prison. On January 24, 2021, Galesburg police discovered Willow Banks’ body in an apartment’s upstairs bedroom. An autopsy revealed that the girl suffered multiple stab wounds, blunt force trauma to …
A neighbor’s Ring camera captured the chilling sight of a suburban Chicago man shooting three members of his family outside their Oak Forest home early Friday morning, then barricading himself inside the home and apparently setting it on fire. The fire soon engulfed the home, and once it was extinguished, police found 44-year-old Carlos Gomez …
A 45-year-old Illinois man has been charged with stabbing his parents to death Wednesday morning in their apartment in the well-to-do Chicago suburb of Highland Park. Barry Goldberg was ordered held on a $5 million bond at a hearing Thursday in the case, WMAQ reported. The bodies of Ronald Goldberg, 79, and Renee Goldberg, 74, …
Three people were injured Sunday night in an apparently targeted shooting in the Six Flags Great America parking lot. Gurnee, Illinois, police said they began receiving 911 calls shortly before 8 p.m., WLS reported. Gurnee is a popular tourist destination in northern Illinois near Waukegan. Two of the victims — a 17-year-old boy and a …
The youngest victim of the July 4 shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, has been released from intensive care and moved to a rehabilitation facility. Cooper Roberts, 8, has also been reunited with his dog, George, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. The bullet that ripped through Cooper’s body severed his spinal column and damaged his liver, abdominal …
