Family of murdered suburban Chicago woman Melissa Aud-Headlee speaks out
"If someone else can see this, hear her story, and reach out, reach out to anyone."
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"If someone else can see this, hear her story, and reach out, reach out to anyone."
Joliet police were called for primarily domestic violence-related incidents nine times since 2021. Melissa Aud-Headlee took out two orders of protection against her then-estranged husband before he killed her on Saturday.
The change comes weeks after an incident in Edgewater in which an 11-year-old boy was stabbed to death and his pregnant mother was also stabbed and seriously wounded.
The state is making enhancements to the board members’ domestic violence training. The change comes weeks after an incident in which a boy was killed and his pregnant mother was wounded in a stabbing, allegedly by a man who had been released from prison just the day before.
After the CBS 2 Investigators pressed the state for days, they finally admitted mistakes involving the release of Crosetti Brand from prison.
The Illinois Prisoner Review Board was never told a pregnant Chicago woman feared for her life, and was seeking an order of protection against her ex-boyfriend, before he was paroled and later allegedly stabbed her and killed her 11-year-old son.
The attack left the pregnant mother critically hurt and her 11-year-old son dead. Police have arrested, but not yet charged a suspect in connection with the stabbing.
Jaydone Perkins, 11, was stabbed to death in the attack in Edgewater, and his pregnant mother was fighting for her life late Thursday. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports on an emergency order of protection against the suspect that was denied.
A pregnant mother had sought an order of protection before she and her 11-year-old son were attacked in their Edgewater neighborhood home on Wednesday. The stabbing attack resulted in the boy's death. But that emergency order of protection was denied even after she warned a judge she could be attacked and that she feared for her life.
A pregnant mother had sought an order of protection before she and her 11-year-old son were attacked in their Edgewater neighborhood home on Wednesday. The stabbing attack resulted in the boy's death.
Domestic violence situations can be dangerous for police and the subjects involved.
Domestic violence situations can be dangerous for police and the subjects involved. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reports.
A free session – valued at hundreds of dollars – is offered at Purple Boudoir if clients donate to the WINGS Program, a foundation dedicated to ending domestic violence.
A free session – valued at hundreds of dollars – is offered at Purple Boudoir if clients donate to the WINGS Program, a foundation dedicated to ending domestic violence. CBS 2's Lauren Victory reports.
They were shot and killed in Little Village, even though Karina had an order of protection that could have led to the removal of his gun by law enforcement.
Groups fighting gun violence made a plea Wednesday morning for Illinois lawmakers to pass a bill that would require police to remove firearms from a home under specific orders of protection in domestic violence cases.
A father has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of his three daughters and wife inside a home in Tinley Park on Sunday.
A mother and her three adult daughters were fatally shot in what police called an act of domestic violence inside a home in Tinley Park on Sunday. The victims were identified as Majeda Kassem, 53; Halema Kassem, 25; Hanan Kassem, 24; and Zahia Kassem, 25.
A mother and her three adult daughters were fatally shot inside a home in Tinley Park on Sunday, the village manager said. They have been identified as Majeda Kassem, 53; Halema Kassem, 25; Hanan Kassem, 24; and Zahia Kassem, 25.
Maria Roque's family said they know who shot her, and why, but the question is how a system designed to protect victims of domestic violence failed.
A fundraiser is happening this weekend benefiting a Chicago nonprofit that helps parents and children affected by domestic violence. Maria Schideler, the co-chair of the Sweet Home Chicago fundraiser for the WINGS program, explains more about the upcoming fundraiser.
It will help them reconnect with loved ones after being isolated by their abusers and get access to support services.
The Cook County Sheriff's office is teaming up with a 911 Cell Phone Bank" to give survivors free cell phones.
The case, U.S. v. Rahimi, involves a 30-year-old law that prohibits people under domestic violence restraining orders from having guns.
Kaitlyn Brown posted a video of her destroyed apartment, a result of a domestic dispute that left her and her 3-year-old son with hardly any salvageable belongings.
