Heather Mack to be sentenced in plotting mother's murder
In June, Mack struck a plea deal admitting to conspiring to kill a U.S. national.
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In June, Mack struck a plea deal admitting to conspiring to kill a U.S. national.
Defense attorneys are asking for a minimum sentence of 15 years, with credit for the 7 years Mack spent in prison in Indonesia.
The rapper, whose real name is Carlton Weekly, was shot and killed in Gold Coast during an ongoing gang war. Six people were charged with his murder.
Desiree Figueroa, 29, pleaded guilty on Monday to one count of first-degree murder in the gruesome slaying of Marlen Ochoa-Lopez.
A woman accused of helping her mother kill a pregnant 19-year-old woman and cut her baby from her womb, to pass off as her own, has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder.
Angel Avelar, 22 of Glendale Heights was arrested by members of the Chicago Police Department and the Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force on Thursday at his home.
"He was targeted because of his faith, because he was Muslim, and that is something we must confront as a society. Islamophobia and hatred towards Muslims and Palestinians has no place in our community," Wadee Alfayoumi's father said.
Kenneth Brown, 44, is charged with first-degree murder after police say he shot and killed Maria Roque, 34 on Dec. 13.
Maria Roque's family says she was killed in front of her home near Long Avenue and Kinzie while her 8-year-old daughter was in the car nearby.
Jason Eady, 21, was charged with the murder of Alejandro Trujillo in connection with a Dec. 26 shooting.
Police believe Kenneth Brown, 44, shot Roque several times before fleeing on foot heading eastbound on Ohio from Long Avenue.
Police believe 44-year-old Kenneth Brown killed 34-year-old Maria Roque on Dec. 13.
The house on King Road in Moscow, Idaho, was the site of the 2022 murders of four University of Idaho students.
Both parents face multiple decades in prison if convicted after the death of the baby this month.
Kendall Yarborough, 28, of Palm Harbor, is facing two counts of first-degree murder.
Harris was convicted largely on the testimony of a witness who turned out to be legally blind.
A search of Joshua Williams' phone revealed 50 google searches related to strangulation, the victim's name, the death penalty, murder, how to explain an asphyxiation death, the penalty for murder and overdosing on medication, and other "inculpatory" web searches.
Harris' conviction was based on the testimony of a blind witness. CBS 2's Shardaa Gray reports.
John Evans, 58, was arrested on arrested on Thursday, in the 8500 block of South Wallace Street.
Because of his plea, the Lake County State's Attorney said Karels would be sentenced to natural life in prison without parole.
The 36-year-old man accused of killing his three young children pleaded "guilty but mentally ill." Jason Karels was charged with three counts of first-degree murder for the 2022 drowning deaths of children ages 2, 3, and 5.
Two cousins who have been incarcerated for more than 40 years were expected to be freed after a judge exonerated them on Thursday for two 1981 murders. CBS 2's Shardaa Gray went to the Cook County Jail, where one of the men was set to be released. After the judge exonerated James Soto, 62, and David Ayala, 60, there were tears of joy from family members.
Romeoville police said Ermalinda Palomo knew about Nathaniel Huey's intent to kill the family and drove the car to the scene of the crime.
The girlfriend of the man accused of killing a family of four in southwest suburban Romeoville was involved in the crime, police said.
An autopsy determined Myrtle Simmons-Brown died from blunt force trauma. Prosecutors said Brown's DNA was found under her nails.
