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The possibility that Fox Lake Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz killed himself was raised early on by one of the first officers who responded to the scene of his death, and aspects of his troubling behavior as a police officer were well-known to investigators, according to police reports.
A man wanted for questioning in a north suburban homicide died of a self-inflicted gunshot in Chicago's River North neighborhood Tuesday afternoon, police said.
Assistant Attorney General Seth Byron Dennis told a federal judge that the findings of the Texas Rangers' investigation of the arrest of Sandra Bland would be turned over to the Waller County district attorney, then submitted to a grand jury "probably mid to late October" to determine whether criminal charges are warranted.
A Wisconsin man found guilty of fatally poisoning his wife with antifreeze won an appeal that overturned his conviction, but he remained in prison Wednesday as prosecutors considered whether to seek a retrial.
New information could shed more light on the death of Sandra Bland, of Naperville, who was arrested nearly two weeks ago in Waller County, Texas, and then was found dead three days later in her jail cell.
More details could emerge Tuesday into the circumstances leading to the death of a Naperville woman inside a Texas jail cell last week.
About 8:25 p.m., officers responding to a call of a suspicious person in the 8600 block of South Throop Street found the 35-year-old man sitting alone inside a vehicle with a gun, police said.
The man was found unresponsive about 2:48 p.m. in the carnival section of Ridbest, Naperville Police Sgt. Bill Davis said.
A person was killed after diving under a carnival ride in west suburban Naperville.
Police and paramedics responded to the single-vehicle accident about 1:20 p.m. in the 17500 block of Harlem Avenue, Tinley Park police Sgt. Patrick St. John said.
A senior at John Hersey High School in Arlington Heights has been awarded a college scholarship for her moving essay about losing her brother to suicide after he returned from a tour of duty in Iraq.
The U.S. Marshals Service, along with the Chicago Police Fugitive Apprehension Unit, located Ricky Chiles in Lyons, where he took his own life, according to Chicago Police and the marshals service.
A Cook County jail inmate who died Thursday morning may have committed suicide, officials said.
Police say the bank robbery began to unravel around 11 a.m. at BMO Harris Bank, 4940 W. 211th St., when a local officer entered the branch to make a village deposit.
The case of a Southeast Side man found chopped up outside his garage last month isn't expected to lead to any arrests, with investigators increasingly confident his live-in girlfriend — who later committed suicide — acted alone, sources tell the Chicago Sun-Times.
A Cook County Sheriff's police officer committed suicide at the federal jail in downtown Chicago on Tuesday, a day after he and his partner were arrested on allegations of conspiring to rip off drug dealers.
Michael Giffin, 27, was found dead in the Advocate Sherman Hospital parking lot of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, the Elgin Courier-News is reporting.
A mother has sued the Chicago Public Schools, claiming the district ignored her complaints her daughter was being bullied for a year-and-a-half before the 12-year-old girl took her own life five months ago.
Roy Word, 51, was pulled from the river in the 200 block of North LaSalle after authorities were notified he had jumped in about 7:45 a.m.
Williams passing has shed light on his overall health; both mental and physical.
When dealing with the aftermath of suicide, loved ones often feel they could have done more. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot talked with an expert to learn about the warning signs of depression and what you can do to help someone in need.
A west suburban woman who knew Robin Williams before "The Birdcage," "Mrs. Doubtfire," or "Mork & Mindy" said what you saw was what you got with the late comedian.
A man died Wednesday night after he was pulled from the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal near the Archer Heights neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
Former Bears quarterback Jim McMahon was in Chicago on Tuesday ahead of the Sports Legacy Institute's first annual Chicago gala Wednesday evening, when he'll be honored for becoming a public face of concussions in the NFL.
