Wilmette man held on $8 million bond in murder of his aunt

A Cook County judge has set bond at $8 million for a 24-year-old Wilmette man accused of beating his aunt to death with an aluminum baseball bat.

Police say the fatal beating of 49-year-old Nancee Rapoport occurred Christmas Day, only hours after her nephew, Anthony Rapoport, was released on bond on an unrelated assault warrant.

Wilmette police say they were called to the residence Friday after the aunt and nephew quarreled about donuts he was supposed to buy. They say they arrested the nephew on the outstanding warrant for a Skokie hospital attack.

Officers say that after Anthony Rapoport was released on bond, he returned home and attacked his aunt. He was arrested without incident a short time later.

Police did not say whether Anthony Rapoport has an attorney.