Authorities In Botched Child-Killing Case Mum On Hobbs Lawsuit
Wrongly jailed murder defendant Jerry Hobbs said investigators coerced him to confess to the 2005 murders of his young daughter Laura and her friend Krystal Tobias.
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Wrongly jailed murder defendant Jerry Hobbs said investigators coerced him to confess to the 2005 murders of his young daughter Laura and her friend Krystal Tobias.
A man wrongly accused of murder and sent to jail for the death of his daughter and her friend has filed a lawsuit against those responsible. Jerry Hobbs says Lake County law enforcement officers went out of their way to frame him in that case.
A 21-year-old Dolton man who had a promising future is dead -- and police said they are having problems getting witnesses to come forward.
Prosecutors say the man charged with killing Chicago Police Officer Michael Flisk and retired CHA cop Stephen Peters tried to kill another man just a few months before last week's crime - but was never charged.
The Chicago teenager accused of murdering a Chicago police officer and a former Chicago Housing Authority police officer is being described as a neighborhood terrorist. CBS 2's Dana Kozlov reports.
DNA evidence is at the center of a status hearing today, in the murder of Northern Illinois University student Antinette "Toni" Keller.
A judge denied bond for a 19-year-old parolee charged in the fatal shooting of an on-duty Chicago police officer and a retired CHA cop.
A New York woman accused of slashing her 4-year-old daughter's throat at a relative's home in DuPage County has pleaded not guilty to murder charges.
A 19-year-old "person of interest" who lived near the murder scene is accused of the crime.
Police continue their questioning of a person of interest, in the murder of a Chicago Police officer and a former Chicago Housing Authority officer on the Southeast Side.
Chicago Police are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever shot and killed a police evidence technician and a retired Chicago Housing Authority cop on Friday.
Interviews continue. Rumors are swirling. But three days after Chicago Police SWAT team member, Officer David Blake was shot to death inside his personal car, police say no one is in custody.
The Guardian Angels are out Wednesday night, escorting commuters on the Pink Line after a deadly attack. CBS 2's Pamela Jones reports that another woman was robbed near the scene tonight.
Chicago police said Wednesday that they're talking to dozens of people about the murder of police officer David Blake, but so far there are few clues in his shooting death.
Bond was set at $5 million Wednesday for a former Chicago Police officer charged with his estranged wife's murder.
A Cook County jury awarded more than $2 million in a wrongful death suit against Chicago Police.
A second northwest Indiana teen was sentenced to 120 years in prison Thursday for the slaying of a couple described in court as community leaders, role models and great parents.
An Orland Park man accused of killing his wife pleaded not guilty to murder charges today in court.
An Orland Park man will enter his plea today in the high-profile murder of his wife.
Justin Boulay is out of prison and on his way to the palm trees and beaches of balmy Hawaii after spending 12 years behind bars for strangling his ex-girlfriend, Andrea Faye Will, at Eastern Illinois University downstate.
A man who accused his pregnant girlfriend of cheating on him before bludgeoning her to death with a hammer last year will likely spend the rest of his life in prison.
One of the teens accused in the murder of a beloved couple from Hammond, Ind., could learn his fate later today.
After serving 12 years for the murder of his ex-girlfriend, Justin Boulay is slated to be released from prison. His victim's friends and family are outraged.
Chicago Police Capt. Thomas McMahon is retiring on Monday, but that didn't stop him from putting his life on the line to chase a killer on Friday.
Despite efforts by a Honolulu prosecutor, an Illinois man convicted of killing an Eastern Illinois University student in 1998 will be allowed to move to Hawaii after he's released on parole Tuesday.
