Man charged with murder of 84-year-old adopted mother on South Side
The 84-year-old victim was found inside a home unresponsive on March 13, in the 11000 block of South Washtenaw Avenue. She was pronounded dead at the scene.
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The 84-year-old victim was found inside a home unresponsive on March 13, in the 11000 block of South Washtenaw Avenue. She was pronounded dead at the scene.
Benilda Ruiz was found dead on March 13 inside her home. Chicago police said Joseph Ruiz, 51, was arrested on Thursday, Nov. 5, and charged with felony counts of first-degree murder and murder with a strong probability of death or injury.
A man was sentenced to 40 years in prison Thursday after pleading guilty to shooting and killing a 9-year-old girl in Chicago's Portage Park neighborhood in 2023.
Two men have been sentenced to prison in the beating death of another man who had confronted them about making noise at a beach in Chicago's northern suburbs.
In 1966, Karen Snider’s husband came home from work and found her body. Their two-month-old daughter was in another room, unharmed. The case went cold until 2023, when DNA from clothing and a bed sheet matched James Barbier, who worked with Snider's husband at the time.
A Utah prosecutor said Ted Bundy was responsible for killing 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith in 1974, a death that had long been listed as a cold case.
Corie Walsh faces murder charges for the death of her 2-year-old son Barrett. Attorneys gathered in court to share evidence during a discovery hearing on Monday.
An Indiana man has been charged with shooting and killing another man during a robbery attempt last week in Gary.
The suspect is facing multiple felony charges, including first-degree murder and aggravated criminal sexual assault.
Jerry Powe, 58, of Chicago, was arrested and charged with a felony count of first-degree murder, murder with strong probability of death or injury, three counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault with a weapon and one count of aggravated kidnapping inflicting harm.
Anna Marlene Somoza is now awaiting extradition to the United States, where she will face first-degree murder charges, officials said.
Michael Anthony O'Neal Flemming, 33, of Seattle, was taken into custody in Chicago following a week-long search.
A fugitive charged in the 2021 murder of Illinois Army National Guardsman Chrys Carvajal has been added to the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted List," and the reward for his arrest and conviction has been increased to $1 million.
A Chicago man has been charged with the beating death of his girlfriend at their apartment in the East Garfield Park neighborhood.
Cook County State's Attorney Eileen Burke, who has been critical of the county's electronic monitoring system, said the recent murder of a CTA janitor at a Green Line station is the latest example that the system is broken.
Nunnally was already in jail, accused of killing a 17-year-old girl in October 2025 and a 19-year-old woman in September 2024.
Anthony Nunnally, 21, is accused of shooting and killing Travon Freeman, 17, on Sept. 29, 2025, near Russell Square Park on Baker and 83rd Place.
A convicted serial killer known as the "Hollywood Ripper" appeared in court on Wednesday in north suburban Skokie in the 1993 murder of a teen from Glenview.
A Frankfort, Illinois, mother accused of killing her 2-year-old son pleaded not guilty during a court appearance on Thursday morning.
Boise police have identified a man known as the "Unknown Wanderer" who was found dead in a church in 1982, and revealed a possible link to the Chicago Tylenol murders.
A driver has been charged with murder after police said he intentionally hit two pedestrians on Sunday in southwest suburban Yorkville, killing one of them.
Darreon Plummer's flight to Washington state after Da'J Flowers was killed was itself evidence he committed the crime, the judge said, rejecting a defense request for electronic monitoring.
A second person has been charged with killing a man by pushing him out of a moving CTA Red Line train last week on the South Side.
A man has been arrested and charged with murder for the fatal shooting of an OEMC employee in West Ridge in February.
A Zion man has been charged in the shooting death of another man in July in north suburban Ingleside.
