Downers Grove Crime
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Intoxicated driver sentenced to 11 years in fatal Burr Ridge crashFeb 05, 2018 12:00 am - A 46-year-old Chicago man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for driving under the influence of drugs in a crash that killed a motorcyclist on Interstate 55 in DuP...
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Judge's ruling weeks away in 1995 Naperville murder, arson caseFeb 02, 2018 12:00 am - Is William Amor a coldblooded killer out to recoup a $100,000 life insurance policy taken out by his mother-in-law? Or was he the victim of overzealous cops intent on c...
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Defense rests in 1995 Naperville murder arson trialFeb 01, 2018 12:00 am - The defense of William Amor rested Thursday following testimony from another fire science expert who tried to debunk the theory that Amor intentionally set a fatal 1995 ...
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Defense expert: Fire couldn't have started way man said it did in confessionJan 31, 2018 12:00 am - A second defense expert in the murder trial of William Amor said Wednesday that the 1995 Naperville fire that killed Amor's mother-in-law couldn't have started the way A...
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Edward-Elmhurst Health presciptions for strong opioids come with naloxone orderJan 29, 2018 4:30 am - A prescription for a strong dose of opioid pain relievers from one suburban health network now comes with something else: a doctor's order to get a backup medication in ...
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Stigma still stopping opioid users from seeking naloxoneJan 29, 2018 4:30 am - A drug that can reverse the breathing suppression caused by an opioid overdose is now available at 135 Illinois pharmacies or drug education centers that have a standing...
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After a naloxone revival, hospital protocol is to just let opioid addicts goJan 29, 2018 4:30 am - In a hospital emergency department, someone who has been revived from an opioid overdose using the reversal drug naloxone sometimes can be a relatively low-priority case...
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Expert: 'Smoldering cigarette' likely the cause of fatal 1995 Naperville fireJan 29, 2018 12:00 am - A cigarette smoldering in a polyurethane recliner was likely the cause of a 1995 fire that killed a 40-year-old Naperville woman, a fire expert testified Monday at the m...
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Friends, family remember man killed in NapervilleJan 27, 2018 12:00 am - With so many unanswered questions about how Matthew Lange died, his loved ones are remembering how he lived. Lange, of Oswego, was shot to death on Jan 27, 2017, while w...
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Naperville's two other unsolved murdersJan 26, 2018 4:30 am - July 7, 1972: Julie Ann Hanson was 15 and about to begin her junior year at Naperville North High School when she disappeared. Julie left home on her bike that day and w...