An Illinois woman is charged with intentionally running over her boyfriend in her car, leaving him with significant injuries. Emily Mora, 27, has been charged with aggravated domestic battery, aggravated battery causing great bodily harm, two counts of domestic battery, two counts of driving under the influence of alcohol, and operating an uninsured motor vehicle, …
Prosectutors also released details of the investigation that led them to the ex-boyfriend, the gunman, and the getaway car driver.
Two persons of interest in the murders of an Illinois family of four were found shot inside a vehicle after a chase and crash in Oklahoma, one of them fatally. Alberto Rolon and Zoraida Bartolomei, both in their 30s, and their two children, 10-year-old Adriel and 7-year-old Diego, were found shot to death in their …
An Illinois woman was arrested earlier this month after she allegedly accused her neighbors of practicing witchcraft and lit fire at their front door using rubbing alcohol. Lake County Assistant State’s Attorney Lillian Lewis said that 38-year-old Kimberley S. Brown was charged with residential arson and aggravated battery of a police officer, the Lake and …
A 10-year-old boy found dead in a garbage can last month at his mother’s house died from a gunshot wound. Rock Island County coroner Brian Gustafson released the information on Friday in a preliminary autopsy report for Zion Staples, according to WQAD. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Rock Island police found the boy dead in his …
An Illinois judge sentenced a former “Family Feud” contestant, who joked on the show he regretted marrying his wife, to life without parole last week in a murder a prosecutor called the most “pre-meditated crime I’ve ever seen.” Timothy Bliefnick, 39, was convicted in June of killing 41-year-old Rebecca Bliefnick, his estranged wife, in February, …
An Illinois woman has been arrested after her 10-year-old son was found dead in a garbage can last week. Rock Island Police began the investigation on July 26 when 10-year-old Zion Staples was found dead in a garbage can in his mother’s garage, KAAL reported. The boy’s body had been there for seven months, investigators …
The suspect in the murder of a 10-year-old Illinois girl has been linked to a woman found dead in a hotel room earlier this month. Antonio Moore, 44, was jailed on murder, attempted murder, and kidnapping charges for the death of the 10-year-old Destiny Huggins and an attack on her 6-year-old sister on Sunday in …
A registered sex offender was arrested Sunday after a 10 year-old girl was found dead in Rockford, Illinois. Rockford Police Chief Carla Redd said that 44-year-old Antonio Moore allegedly took two sisters –ages 10 and 6 — from their front yard, where they were outside playing, according to the Rockford Register Star. The younger girl …
An Illinois family of four has been missing since mid-February, and extended family members are frustrated at the lack of progress in finding them — and worried. Stephen, 44, and Monica Lutz, 34, and their children, 11-year-old Aiden and 9-year-old Nicholas, haven’t been seen since February 10, although Stephen Lutz responded to a text from …
A months-long investigation into the death of a 3-month-old baby boy ended Tuesday after with the arrest of the child’s parents. Illinois State Police said that Logan Hutchings and Sophia Kelly, both 21, have been charged with first-degree murder with the June 14, 2022, death of their son, who was brought to a hospital in …
Authorities in Illinois have identified decomposed remains found in a locked storage unit last fall as a former small town police chief, but it is unclear what, if anything, will happen with the woman charged with concealing his death. Marcy Oglesby, 50, was charged in February with multiple counts relating to the death of Richard …
