DuPage County Crime
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A cold case, but not a forgotten one: How suburban cops continue to hunt the Tylenol killerSep 26, 2022 5:00 am - Editor's note: This is the second of two parts. In the top drawer of his desk, Elk Grove Village Police Chief Charles Walsh keeps a 40-year-old case file first comp...
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Trial begins for care manager charged after elderly woman, forgotten in van, died in the coldSep 26, 2022 1:00 am - A 96-year-old woman may have tried at least three times to call her son before she died of cold exposure after being left unattended on a senior residence's van for hour...
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Aurora man who skipped trial convicted of sexually assaulting two childrenSep 26, 2022 1:00 am - An Aurora man who skipped out on his criminal trial was found guilty of sexually assaulting two children and faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison, the Kane Count...
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'Devastating': Investigators seeking clues on who vandalized new Rolling Meadows muralSep 26, 2022 1:00 am - Months after its installation and dedication, a mural created by Rolling Meadows High School art students on the wall of the Kirchoff Road pedestrian underpass has been ...
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Aurora shooting victim identifiedSep 26, 2022 1:00 am - Authorities on Monday identified the 29-year-old man who was killed in a shooting Saturday afternoon in Aurora. Aurora resident Ferrer Vincente Velasquez was pronounced ...
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'We lost our innocence': Four on the front lines recall the Tylenol killings 40 years agoSep 24, 2022 1:00 am - Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series. Helen Jensen was busy preparing dinner for her family about 7 p.m. on Sept. 29, 1982, when the phone rang at ...
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One man killed, another airlifted to hospital after Aurora shootingSep 24, 2022 1:00 am - One man was killed and another critically wounded in a shooting Saturday afternoon in Aurora, according to police. No arrests have been made. Police responded to the 300...
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Aurora man gets 12-year sentence for beating 2-month-old daughterSep 23, 2022 1:00 am - An Aurora man was sentenced to 12 years in prison Friday for beating and kicking his 2-month-old daughter. Brian Clemente, 28, of the 700 block of North Avenue, was foun...
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Judge bars Elmhurst police from releasing reports in murder caseSep 23, 2022 1:00 am - A DuPage County judge has barred Elmhurst police from releasing its reports about a murder case to the Daily Herald. Judge Ann Celine O'Hallaren Walsh said Friday that r...
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Two men found guilty in 2018 West Chicago murderSep 23, 2022 1:00 am - Two men were found guilty of first-degree murder Friday in the shooting of a West Chicago man in 2018. Juan Calderon, 24, of Aurora and 31-year-old Emilio Guillen of Roc...