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MISSINGMissing 14-year-old found dead in Illinois, friend of victim's father accused of murder
A 14-year-old boy was reported missing in Illinois and found dead the next day. A friend of the victim's father is now accused of first-degree murder. NEWSMan admits to shooting, killing an Illinois police officer on his doorstep, awaits prison fate
A man pleaded guilty to killing a police officer in Illinois and now waits to be sentenced to prison. The officer was serving a search warrant at a home. NEWSMan shot, killed after crash on highway, suspect charged with murder, police say
An Illinois man was shot and killed after getting into a crash on the highway. Now, police say the suspect was arrested and charged with murder. NEWSVietnam vet, 73, killed when Chicago teenagers attempt carjacking: ‘It was two guys preying on a senior citizen’
Two teenagers in Illinois allegedly hit a 73-year-old Vietnam veteran in the head, killing him, during an attempted carjacking, police said. MISSINGIllinois sex offender charged in connection to disappearance of a Georgia teen
A man from Illinois has been charged with kidnapping and trafficking in the disappearance of a 13-year-old who was taken from her Georgia home. He was registered as a sex offender. COLD CASESChicago area teen murdered more than 50 years ago. Now, police say they arrested the suspected killer.
Police in the Chicago Suburb of Naperville say they arrested a suspect in the 50-year-old cold-case murder of a teen. The suspect was found using DNA. NEWSHubris and search history: How the man who killed an Illinois college student was caught
In 2017, a University of Illinois student went missing and was later declared dead. The suspect was caught because of an internet search history and his own bragging. COLD CASESPregnant woman gunned down in a Chicago park, police continue to hunt for killer in cold-case murder
Ida Arvizu and three other people were shot in a car in Chicago in 2017. Years later, police have yet to make an arrest and the case has gone cold. NEWSMan murders woman who had a restraining order against him. Now, he'll spend decades in an Illinois prison.
A Illinois man was sentenced to 70 years in prison for murdering a woman who had a restraining order against him. The victim's daughter was also shot and survived.