Murder Suspect Asks For Low Bond To Take College Exams
A public defender's plea for a low bond so a murder suspect could take his college exams fell on deaf ears, as a judge set his bail at $500,000.
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A public defender's plea for a low bond so a murder suspect could take his college exams fell on deaf ears, as a judge set his bail at $500,000.
Jim Diaz, 25, faces first-degree murder charges in connection with the death of his roommate, Eber Ochoa-Deleon.
An Elgin man has been charged with murder in the stabbing death of a 33-year-old jewelry artist and burlesque performer earlier this month.
Funeral services have been set for 6-month-old Jonylah Watkins - gunned down this week on the South Side and Bulls Guard Derrick Rose has approached the funeral home - through his agent to offer to pay for some of the expenses of the funeral.
Newsradio spoke with one of the physicians who tried to save 6-month-old Jonylah Watkins in her final hours.
A $15,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the killer of a performance artist who was found stabbed to death in her Elgin townhouse March 2.
Victor Salinas-Corona, 17, is being held in lieu of $2 million bond for first-degree murder. His bond will be reconsidered at a bond review hearing scheduled for March 11.
A man has been charged with murder in connection with an August 2012 shooting in Logan Square that left one man dead and wounded another, authorities said.
It turns out a 33 year old woman was found dead in her Elgin townhome this weekend moved in just a week ago.
Bail was denied on Saturday for a 21-year-old man charged with the 2011 fatal shooting of a longtime cook at a South Side barbeque restaurant who was gunned down as he took a smoking break outside the restaurant.
19-year-old Amanda Bach was shot and killed two years ago. Now a jury convicted her ex-boyfriend Dustin McCowan of murder.
A married father of six allegedly murdered his friend because he wouldn't get inside a car after a night of revelry on the West Side.
After they allegedly murdered two young men, two of the four suspects involved in the savage and bizarre attack decided to have sex on top of the corpses, according to a published report.
Police say an argument between two men Sunday morning in the West Side Austin neighborhood led to one of them shooting the other one dead.
Less than a day after declaring his innocence at the top of his lungs during his sentencing hearing, former Bolingbrook cop Drew Peterson was transferred from the Will County Jail to a state prison in Pontiac to begin serving his 38-year sentence for murder.
Following a rambling, bizarre and emotional plea in which he forcefully denied being a killer, Drew Peterson was sentenced to 38 years in prison Thursday for murdering his third wife Kathleen Savio nearly 10 years ago.
Murder charges have been filed against a man in connection with the shooting death of Janay McFarlane, 18, who was gunned down Friday just hours after her sister stood on stage with President Barack Obama as he delivered an address against violence.
Drew Peterson's feuding current and former lawyers, Steve Greenberg and Joel Brodsky, squared off in court today as the defense seeks a new trial. WBBM's Mike Krauser reports it was not the showdown that some were expecting.
A man was charged with first-degree murder for the shooting death of a man on New Year's Day in South Side Bronzeville neighborhood.
Antonio Lewis, 29, is accused of fatally shooting Maurice Vortes on Sept. 29, 2011, in the 1500 block of South Kedzie Avenue
Pictures and memories. It's all Melissa Leon has left of her sister's youngest child, Layla.
A day after a 40-year-old attorney was convicted of killing former Chicago Bulls player Eddy Curry's ex-girlfriend and 10-month-old daughter, the woman's mother was urging other victims of domestic abuse to take charge of their lives.
The Sun-Times is reporting: After four hours of deliberations, a Cook County jury found a 40-year-old lawyer guilty Tuesday of killing the ex-girlfriend of former Chicago Bull Eddy Curry and his 10-month-old daughter.
Bond has been denied for the two purported gang members allegedly responsible for gunning down a 15-year-old honor student two weeks ago.
Two Chicago men have been charged with the murder of Hadiya Pendleton, the 15-year-old high school honor student who was gunned down at a Kenwood neighborhood park late last month, only days after marching at President Obama's inauguration.
