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Man Charged With Raping 2 Teens
Updated: 11/10/10 9:01 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS/WBBM) — Bond has been set at $500,000 for a South Side father of 14 who has been arrested for the rapes of four teenaged girls, and charged in two of the cases....
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DNA Evidence Leads To Charges In 1983 Murder
CHICAGO (CBS) — Hosey Reynolds was a father and a hard worker, and for nearly 28 years, no one knew who killed him in his Chicago apartment. But now, DNA evidence has led to the killer, as CBS 2’s...
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Man Indicted In 1983 Murder Of CTA Bus Driver
CHICAGO (CBS) — A convicted felon was indicted Wednesday in the 1983 murder of a CTA bus driver, a month after he was arrested when new DNA evidence linked him to the crime. The suspect, Anthony Kemp,...
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DNA Evidence May Clear Waukegan Murder Convict
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (CBS) — A man who has spent 15 years in prison for murder might be cleared by DNA evidence. As WBBM Newsradio 780’s Regine Schlesinger reports, James L. Edwards, now 62, was convicted of...
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Sources: Witnesses, DNA Evidence Led To Suspect In Katona-King’s Murder
CHICAGO (CBS) — She lost her life over an iPhone at a CTA train stop. CBS 2’s Suzanne Le Mignot has exclusive new details about what led police to Sally Katona-King’s possible killer, a teenager who is...
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State: Upset She Was Pregnant, Man Killed Girlfriend In 1981
CHICAGO (STMW) — “Tell her it was another man. Tell her you were raped.” Those were the “cold, calculating words” of Gary Albert, “desperate to avoid responsibility for his 15-year-old girlfriend who...
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Judge Tosses Convictions Of 4 Men In 1994 Murder, Orders New Trial
CHICAGO (CBS) — A Cook County judge has ordered a new trial for four men who had been convicted of raping and strangling a prostitute in Englewood 17 years ago. Cook County Criminal Court Presiding...
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Man Charged With Lakefront Car Burglary, Police Seek Other Victims
CHICAGO (CBS) — A West Side man has been charged with burglarizing a car near the lakefront on the South Side and police believe he burglarized several other vehicles after finding more than 100 gift...
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Balfour Defense Highlights Lack Of Physical Evidence In Hudson Murders
CHICAGO (CBS) — DNA evidence – or the lack of it – took center stage Wednesday at the trial of the man charged with killing three members of entertainer Jennifer Hudson’s family, as the defense shined...
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Lake County Prosecutors Dismiss 20-Year-Old Rape Case
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (CBS) — Lake County prosecutors dismissed a 20-year-old rape case Tuesday. As WBBM Newsradio’s Steve Miller reports, Bennie Starks served 20 years in prison for the 1986 rape of a...
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Memorial Service To Be Held In 1978 Cold Case
CHICAGO (AP) — For more than three decades, Michael Noe hoped that his older brother would walk through the front door of their family’s central Illinois home, returning from his hitchhiking travels...
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’60 Minutes’ Report: Feds Probing Chicago Police Interrogation Tactics
CHICAGO (CBS) — The U.S. Justice Department has been conducting an investigation into the interrogation practices at the Chicago Police Department, and “60 Minutes” is about to break the story wide...
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New DNA Evidence Cited In Zion Baby Death Case
ZION, Ill. (STMW) — A new, “significant,” DNA report involving the murder of a 5-month-old baby from north suburban Zion last summer is being reviewed by prosecutors and defense attorneys for Demetries...
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Inmate Hopes DNA Tests Will Exonerate Him In North Chicago Murder
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (STMW) — Forensic testing results key to a Chicago man’s quest to see his 2004 murder conviction overturned are expected within the next several weeks. Marvin Williford is hoping to...
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Brothers Charged In Serial Rapes
CHICAGO (CBS) — Two brothers were being held without bond Wednesday, charged in a series of brutal sexual assaults dating back more than a decade. CBS 2’s Mike Puccinelli reports 38-year-old Leondo...
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Man Sentenced To 85 Years For 2008 Sexual Assault
CHICAGO (AP) — Cook County prosecutors say a Chicago man has been sentenced to 85 years in prison for sexually assaulting a woman at gunpoint more than six years ago. Twenty-five-year-old Byron Edwards...
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Ten Years Since Girls’ Deaths, Suspect Awaits Trial
CHICAGO (CBS) — It’s now been a decade since two young girls disappeared from the far north suburbs and were later found dead. The man charged in their deaths is still awaiting a trial, Newsradio’s...
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Police: Three Men Spotted On Fox Lake Video Not Involved In Cop’s Death
CHICAGO (CBS) — Police in north suburban Lake County said Tuesday the three men recorded on various surveillance cameras near the scene of a police officer’s slaying last week were not involved in the...
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Reputed Gang Member Gets 60 Years For 1999 Murder, Kidnapping Of Broadview Man
CHICAGO (CBS) — Darwin Green said when his twin brother was kidnapped from their Broadview beeper store and then murdered, his attackers “killed not only one man, but two.” It was Green who the...
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IPRA Investigators Testify In Police Cmdr. Glenn Evans Trial
The lead Independent Police Review Authority investigator handling Chicago Police Cmdr. Glenn Evans’ brutality case admitted Wednesday that he didn’t follow up on key requests from his supervisor and...
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Man Released From Prison After DNA Clears Him Of 1989 Rape
CHICAGO (CBS) — A man who served more than two decades in prison after being wrongfully convicted of rape was set free on Monday. In 1991, Darryl Pinkins, of Gary, Indiana, was was convicted of raping...
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Men Convicted Of 1989 Murder Of Cop’s Wife Seek To Prove Innocence
CHICAGO (CBS) — Attorneys for two men convicted of the 1989 murder of a retired Chicago police sergeant’s wife were headed to court Wednesday, seeking to prove their innocence based on DNA evidence and...
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Judge Refuses To Toss Lawsuit By Man Who Spent Decades In Prison
CHICAGO (CBS) — A federal judge Wednesday refused to dismiss a lawsuit brought against the city by a man who spent 22 years in prison as a result of a wrongful conviction for the slaying of a...
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DNA May Exonerate 2 Chicago Men In 1994 Rape, Murder
CHICAGO (CBS) — Two Chicago men who say they were wrongfully convicted of rape and murder are asking a judge for a new trial. Nevest Coleman and Darryl Fulton were sentenced to life for the 1994 rape...
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Man Convicted In 1985 Infant Murder Hopes DNA Can Get Him New Trial
CHICAGO (CBS) — A man who twice was sentenced to death for the murder of a 15-month-old girl says new DNA evidence should get him another trial. Drew Terrell was sentenced to death for the 1985 murder...
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Man Pleads Guilty To 1985 Rape, Murder Of Glen Ellyn Teen
CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — Thirty-two years after a Glen Ellyn girl was abducted, raped and murdered, a Champaign man has entered a guilty plea. DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin...
View ArticleDNA Ties Man To 2015 Robbery At Orland Square Mall
CHICAGO (CBS) — A 24-year old man has been arrested for a mall parking lot robbery from almost two-and-a-half years ago, thanks to DNA information and a timely traffic stop. Orland Park Police Cmdr....
View ArticleDNA Evidence Explained: How Investigators Found The Golden State Killer
CHICAGO (CBS) – Investigators used genealogy websites to track down the suspect in the Golden State killings, the same websites that millions of people use to find out more about their ancestry....
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Suspected Golden State Killer Loses Bid To Halt More DNA Collection
(CNN) — The former California police officer believed to be the Golden State Killer on Thursday lost his bid to block prosecutors’ efforts to collect more of his DNA in their investigation of 12...
View ArticleAuthorities Seek Help To Solve Identity Of ’76 Murder
SENECA, Ill. (AP) — Authorities in Illinois are appealing to people in northwestern Indiana to help them solve a 42-year-old cold case. The body of a woman who was shot in the head was found in a ditch...
View ArticleMother Wants DNA Testing To Find Her Son’s Murderer
CHICAGO (CBS) — More than 750 murder cases await DNA testing in Chicago right now. Technology exists to get a potential suspect’s DNA profile in less than two hours. So why is it not in use in Illinois...
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Cab Driver Accused Of Sexual Assault Last Year Charged In Second Rape More...
CHICAGO (CBS) — A cab driver accused of sexually abusing a woman in his taxi last year has been charged with another rape 12 years ago, after DNA evidence linked him to the crime. Mustafa Dikbas, 37,...
View ArticleProsecutors Drop Charges Against 4 Exonerated Men
CHICAGO (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped charges against four men in a 1994 Chicago murder case. Supporters applauded and the men hugged their lawyers at the announcement during a hearing Tuesday in...
View ArticleExoneration Project Files Suit Over Concerns That DNA Evidence Is Not Making...
CHICAGO (CBS) — DNA is supposed to be the key to cracking criminal cases and exonerating those who are wrongfully convicted. But what if those DNA hits never get to the right people? As CBS 2...
View Article2 Men Charged In 1998 Killings Of NW Indiana Woman, 2 Teens
CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) –– Two men have been charged in the killings of a woman and two teenage boys found bludgeoned to death in 1998 in a house in northwest Indiana. Hammond police announced that an...
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