Clik here to view.
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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
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....
View ArticleClik here to view.
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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
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...
View Article