Charles Keeshan
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Suburban cold cases solved and unsolved: How DNA has played a role so farJan 13, 2023 4:00 am - Despite thousands of leads, hundreds of interviews and untold hours of investigation, it took nearly a decade - and a couple of strokes of luck - for police to arrest th...
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Lake County top prosecutor lobbies state legislators to pass assault weapon banJan 06, 2023 4:00 am - Lake County State's Attorney Eric Rinehart added his voice Thursday to those urging state legislators to pass a ban on so-called assault weapons before the legislative s...
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Homicides decline in Cook County, but opioid deaths on record-breaking paceJan 03, 2023 12:00 am - The number of homicides handled by the Cook County medical examiner's office dropped more than 15% in 2022, but cases of fatal opioid overdoses are likely to top last ye...
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The new search for Carol's killer: 47 years later, podcast investigates college student's slayingDec 23, 2022 4:30 am - The night of Dec. 22, 1975, Carol Rofstad said goodbye to her best friend after an evening out and began walking to the sorority house where she lived on the Illinois St...
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Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run crash in Lake ZurichDec 19, 2022 12:00 am - Lake Zurich police are seeking the driver of an SUV that struck and killed a pedestrian along Rand Road late Saturday night then left the scene. According to police, the...
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Botched police raids lead to change in state's attorney's warrants policyDec 16, 2022 4:30 am - We've all seen news reports of police officers conducting a raid at the wrong location, or acting on bad information, sometimes leading to tragic consequences. Hoping to...
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Memorial service set for slain Buffalo Grove mom, daughtersDec 11, 2022 12:00 am - A public memorial service for a Buffalo Grove mother and two young daughters who police say were murdered by her estranged husband last month will take place Friday. The...
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Once allies, Drew Peterson is silencing ex-attorney who wants to reveal 'what happened to Stacy'Dec 09, 2022 4:00 am - As the onetime attorney for former Bolingbrook cop Drew Peterson, Joel Brodsky likely has lots of tales to tell about his infamous client. But for now, he'll have to kee...
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Police: Buffalo Grove man murdered family, then killed himselfDec 05, 2022 12:00 am - A Buffalo Grove man murdered his wife, mother and two young daughters before taking his own life last week in the family home, police said Monday, ending days of uncerta...
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Misconduct or a team player? Naperville cop's firing winds up in federal courtDec 02, 2022 4:00 am - Was a veteran police officer fired this fall for misconduct involving falsified traffic stop information, or for failing to play along with a quota system he believes to...