The coroner has released the identities of an elderly couple who was found fatally shot inside a home in Vernon Hills in an apparent murder-suicide. The Vernon Hills Police Department and Countryside Fire Protection District responded around 9:20 a.m. Wednesday to the 400 block of Cherry Valley Road in Vernon Hills. Vernon Hills Deputy Police […]
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Elderly couple found fatally shot inside Vernon Hills residence in apparent murder-suicide
An elderly couple was found fatally shot inside a home in Vernon Hills Wednesday morning in an apparent murder-suicide, police said. The Vernon Hills Police Department and Countryside Fire Protection District responded around 9:20 a.m. Wednesday to the 400 block of Cherry Valley Road in Vernon Hills. Vernon Hills Deputy Police Chief Shannon Holubetz said […]
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Richmond man sentenced to 26 years in prison after pleading guilty to fatally shooting 18-year-old
A man has been sentenced to 26 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to fatally shooting an 18-year-old man in the face in 2019 at a home near Richmond. John M. Maki Jr., 52, was charged in May 2019 with two counts of first-degree murder. The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office responded to Maki’s home […]
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Murder charges filed against man who admitted to strangling pregnant woman, dumping her body in Lake County
Murder charges have been filed against a man who admitted to killing a pregnant woman in Chicago, keeping her body in his car for days and then dumping the body along a roadway near Wadsworth. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded around 7 a.m. on November 29 to Hunt Club Road south of Route 173 […]
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Grand jury indicts 2 gunmen with murdering 2 ‘random and innocent’ victims in Waukegan
A grand jury has indicted two gunmen who prosecutors say opened fire, killing a man and a woman, described as “random and innocent victims,” as they walked down the sidewalk in Waukegan. Ishawn Z. Pitts, 19, of North Chicago, was initially charged with two counts of first-degree murder and Tylo Eddins, 18, of Killeen, Texas, was […]
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‘John Doe’ identified nearly 45 years after being found murdered, dismembered in Barrington Hills
Investigators announced they have identified a “John Doe,” a 27-year-old man, who was found murdered and dismembered on the side of the road in Barrington Hills in 1979. A horseback rider discovered the remains of a person on August 5, 1979, in a grassy area along Old Dundee Road in Barrington Hills. Officers arrived and […]
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Jury convicts man of committing ‘cold-blooded and calculated’ murder outside motel in Waukegan
A 34-year-old man faces up to 60 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of fatally shooting another man in a “cold-blooded and calculated” ambush murder outside a motel in Waukegan. Darius Kirby, 34, of Riverdale, and Shava Jackson-Spicer, 29, of Joliet, were both charged in March 2021 with multiple counts of first-degree […]
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Video shows 2 victims walking down sidewalk just before being fatally gunned down at random in Waukegan
Video surveillance shows a man and a woman, described as “random and innocent victims,” walking down the sidewalk just before over 20 shots were fired when gunmen fatally shot them in Waukegan. The video, obtained by Lake and McHenry County Scanner, was captured by a surveillance camera outside a home in the 400 block of […]
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Pre-trial release denied for 1 of 2 gunmen charged with murdering ‘random and innocent’ victims in Waukegan
A judge denied pre-trial release to the first of two gunmen accused of fatally shooting two random victims “for absolutely no reason” as they walked down the sidewalk in Waukegan. The Waukegan Fire Department and Waukegan Police Department responded around 4:20 p.m. February 24 to the 400 block of Powell Avenue in Waukegan for a […]