Wheaton Crime
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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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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...
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A year without answers: Aurora man's slaying in Naperville remains unsolvedJan 26, 2018 4:30 am - A year after Matthew Lange was shot to death in his car while waiting for his 4-year-old son to get out of school, police are still hoping for leads and his family is wo...
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Trial begins in 1995 Naperville arson murder with focus on insuranceJan 24, 2018 12:00 am - When it came to murdering his mother-in-law, prosecutors say arson was actually William Amor's second choice. He wanted to drug her, they say, but he had difficulty fig...
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Former Wheaton attorney gets four and a half years for stealing from clientsJan 23, 2018 12:00 am - A former Wheaton attorney who pleaded guilty to theft has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison for bilking the estates of four former and three other client...
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80 years for convicted sex offender in Kristy Wesselman murderJan 23, 2018 12:00 am - After 30 years on the run in the wake of raping and murdering 15-year-old Kristy Wesselman, Michael Jones will take his last breaths in an Illinois prison. DuPage County...
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Retrial set in 1995 Naperville arson and murder caseJan 23, 2018 12:00 am - William Amor will go to trial Wednesday on charges of first-degree murder and arson in the 1995 death of his mother-in-law in Naperville. And he's chosen to have his cas...
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Vernon Hills man who drove to Aurora hotel to have sex with teen gets 3 years in prisonJan 19, 2018 12:00 am - A Vernon Hills man who drove to an Aurora hotel to have sex with a teenage girl has been sentenced to three years in prison. Ramesh Gannamani, 36, of the 900 block of No...
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Man faces jail, possible prison for hitting pedestrian in Aurora DUIJan 19, 2018 12:00 am - A Montgomery man faces jail and possible prison after pleading guilty to his third DUI, the most recent when he struck a pedestrian in Aurora and kept driving. Richard A...
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Sex offender could get 80 years in prison for 1985 slaying of teenJan 18, 2018 12:00 am - Just days before he was set to stand trial, a convicted sex offender pleaded guilty Thursday to the 1985 murder of 15-year-old Kristy Wesselman near Glen Ellyn. Michael ...