Naperville Crime
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Murder suspect wrote about new life in CanadaAug 31, 2012 4:55 pm - Will County prosecutors say emails written by an Oswego man accused of murdering his family indicate he was planning to fake his own death start a new life in the Canadi...
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Testimony finished in Peterson trialAug 30, 2012 3:42 pm - A judge sent jurors home after they heard the last testimony at Drew Peterson’s murder trial on Thursday, saying they will return after Labor Day to hear closing argumen...
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Defendant ‘upbeat’ after recalling wife shot him, sergeant testifiesAug 29, 2012 5:00 pm - An Illinois State Police sergeant testified Wednesday that an Oswego man accused of shooting his wife and three children to death became “more upbeat” during a police in...
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Defense rests in Peterson trialAug 29, 2012 4:00 pm - Drew Peterson’s son testified Wednesday at his father’s murder trial that he never believed his dad killed his mother. The 19-year-old child of the former Bolingbrook po...
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Jurors see video of man’s reaction to murder newsAug 27, 2012 6:23 pm - Prosecutors of Christopher Vaughn, who is accused of killing his wife and three children, played videotape of investigators questioning him about the crime, and which in...
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Peterson’s trial defense beginsAug 27, 2012 7:20 am - Drew Peterson’s lawyers began their defense Monday at the former Bolingbrook police sergeant’s murder trial, hoping to counter the state’s portrayal of him as a man pron...
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Elgin man charged with aggravated DUI in retired teacher’s deathAug 24, 2012 2:38 pm - Two weeks to the day after friends and family gathered to say farewell to a beloved retired music teacher from Bartlett, Cook County prosecutors announced aggravated DUI...
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Peterson judge notes potential holes in caseAug 24, 2012 8:10 am - The judge at Drew Peterson’s murder trial exposed potential holes in the state’s case against the former Bolingbrook police sergeant, telling prosecutors Friday that the...
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Murder suspect visited gun range, strip club, witnesses sayAug 23, 2012 7:00 pm - In the days leading up to the killings of his wife and three children, an Oswego accused in the deaths spent nearly $5,000 at a strip club and visited a gun range for ta...
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Trial continues for man accused of killing familyAug 22, 2012 10:43 pm - Witnesses testifying at the trial of an Oswego accused of killing his wife and three children say that in the moments after the slayings he was preoccupied by damage to ...