Mom found murdered in motel room on Christmas after she doesn’t show up to see daughters open gifts
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Murder
An Illinois man who allegedly fatally beat and strangled his ex-girlfriend in a motel room on Christmas Day was denied bail during a court hearing on Saturday. Jeffery Finely-Scott, 33, was charged with the first-degree murder of Juanita Hankins, 32, at the Beverly Motel and Suites. Finely-Scott stabbed himself at a relative’s home and barricaded …