Itasca Crime
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Mother who killed daughter in 2010 should be released, psychologist saysSep 26, 2017 1:00 am - The clinical psychologist who is treating Marci Webber is supporting a claim the East Nassau, New York, mother has made for years — that she's sane and should be release...
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$1M bail set for Downers Grove man accused of assaulting 4-year-old girl in park bathroomSep 23, 2017 1:00 am - Bail was set at $1 million Saturday for a Downers Grove man charged with predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and attempted predatory criminal sexual assault of ...
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Psychiatrist: Plackowska "had all the money and no hugs" growing up in Poland.Sep 22, 2017 1:00 am - Growing up in eastern Poland, the daughter of a respected physician and a mother who fled to the United States when she was 8, Elzbieta Plackowska was a little girl with...
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Man sentenced to 12 years for stealing from seniors in ElmhurstSep 19, 2017 1:00 am - A 31-year-old Chicago man was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in prison for stealing and pawning jewelry from the homes of residents of an Elmhurst senior living facility ...
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Federal funding to help DuPage expand opioid overdose helpSep 19, 2017 1:00 am - An opioid overdose reversal effort that has saved 344 people in five years will be expanded in DuPage County, thanks to a $1.5 million federal grant, health officials sa...
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Psychiatrist says murder suspect showed signs of mental illnessSep 19, 2017 1:00 am - A psychiatrist who examined Elzbieta Plackowska at the DuPage County Jail said Tuesday he believes she was suffering a psychotic episode in 2012 when she was taken into ...
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Probation, work release on reduced charge in 2012 Aurora University rape caseSep 18, 2017 1:00 am - A Chicago man who was one of three people accused of raping a woman at Aurora University in 2012 pleaded guilty Monday to a reduced charge as his trial was to begin. Cor...
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Parishioners: Naperville woman was agitated with children before murdersSep 14, 2017 1:00 am - Less than three hours before Elzbieta Plackowska is accused of stabbing to death her 7-year-old son and a 5-year-old girl, she took the children to church. Church member...
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Glen Ellyn man charged in 2011 slaying of ex-wife in custodySep 13, 2017 1:00 am - A Glen Ellyn man charged with the October 2011 strangulation murder of his ex-wife lost his extradition appeal and was returned to DuPage County. Juan Granados, 39, was ...
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Son: Mom was "acting normal" until days before she killed 2 children in NapervilleSep 13, 2017 1:00 am - Matusz Plackowski said his mother, Elzbieta Plackowska, was deeply saddened by her father's recent death but was otherwise "acting normal" until just days before she fat...