A suburban Chicago village was the scene of a quadruple murder Sunday morning, when a husband and father allegedly shot his wife and three adult daughters to death. Police arrived at the Tinley Park home just before 11:30 a.m. and found four people dead inside, all with gunshot wounds. The father of the family was …
Four people pleaded guilty Tuesday in an Illinois murder-for-hire plot that left a woman dead and her husband seriously injured. Rebecca and Douglas Bolin were shot on October 22, 2021, by gunmen engaged by their then-15-year-old daugther, Dahlia Bolin, who was the first to plead guilty — to first degree murder, first degree attempted murder, …
Chicago police have asked for help finding a 16-year-old boy last seen in the city’s Washington Park neighborhood. Jasiim Montoya was last seen wearing a black jacket with fur around the hood, a gray and purple hooded sweatshirt, and black pants, according to Chicago police. He is probably carrying a backpack. Montoya is 5 feet …
An Illinois man pleaded guilty this week to setting a fire that killed his girlfriend’s mother in 2022. Madison County State’s Attorney Thomas Haine said that Michael Sloan Jr., 41, could face up to 50 years in prison for the “especially heinous and cruel crime,” KSDK reported. Prosecutors say Sloan got into an argument with …
A Illinois woman and her cousin were found fatally wounded Tuesday night, and their suspected killer was found dead Wednesday morning from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in a park a mile away. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victims as Jessica Hughes, 29, and Myeshia Newby, 19, WLS reported. Family members said …
A Florida man has been accused of gunning down his half-brother on Christmas Day in a “senseless” shooting that apparently stemmed from the brother’s unsuccessful search for his missing cell phone. Kendall Yarborough, 28, was visiting family in Illinois for the holidays, DuPage County State’s Attorney Bob Berlin said in a statement. On Christmas Day, …
A 63-year-old Illinois man was sentenced last week to 10 years in prison for the attempted murder of his estranged wife in 2019. Patrick O’Brien was caught on a neighbor’s security camera chasing his wife from their home on the neighbor’s back patio on December 21, 2019, and stabbing her in the chest, the Will …
An Illinois man has been charged with first degree murder after allegedly shooting a man he didn’t know multiple times over a pizza and bar tab. The DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office said the shooting took place at about 8:40 a.m. at Rosie O’Reilly’s in unincorporated Wheaton, a western suburb of Chicago. The sheriff’s department …
A suburban Chicago man pleaded guilty but mentally ill last week to drowning his three young children, apparently because he was angry with his estranged wife. Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart said that Jason Karels, 36, will be sentenced to life without parole early next year, The Asssociated Press reported. Round Lake Beach police …
One of the daughters was pregnant.
A body has been recovered from the Illinois retention pond where investigators earlier pulled a Nissan Rogue belonging to a teen girl who vanished earlier this month on her way to a work holiday party. Authorities pulled a vehicle belonging to 17-year-old Brissa Romana on Monday, but there was no sign of the missing girl, …
Brissa Romero disappeared while on her way to a work holiday party earlier this month.
