Articles filed under Homicide
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Bartlett man found guilty but mentally ill in murder of his motherApr 12, 2024 4:29 pm - A Bartlett man who stabbed his elderly mother to death in 2019 was found guilty but mentally ill of first-degree murder on Friday. Edward Mitzelfeld, 69, knew what he was...
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Man charged with murdering wife in Carol StreamApr 04, 2024 1:18 pm - A Carol Stream man has been accused of stabbing his wife to death in front of one of their children. Baltazar Perez-Estrada, 32, of the 600 block of Gundersen Drive, was ...
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Man charged with murdering partner in AuroraMar 26, 2024 7:44 pm - A man has been charged with killing a woman in January in Aurora. Travares Mitchell, 49, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 46-year-old Serhonda Burnett,...
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Man charged with drug-induced homicide in Glendale HeightsMar 22, 2024 2:42 pm - A man has been accused of supplying a mixture of fentanyl and heroin that killed a Glendale Heights man last fall. Donnell Boatman, 55, of the 500 block of Gregory Avenue...
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Aurora man guilty of strangling woman to deathMar 15, 2024 3:14 pm - An Aurora man who argued he was defending himself when he strangled a woman was found guilty on Friday of first-degree murder. Kane County Judge David Kliment, who presid...
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‘Compelling, interesting and tragic case’: Lemak continues to seek clemencyMar 04, 2024 5:15 am - Marilyn Lemak was sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing her three children 25 years ago. Now, she wants clemency.
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Lombard man acquitted of murder charges in Elmhurst bar stabbingJan 31, 2024 2:43 pm - A Lombard man was acquitted Wednesday of first-degree murder in the stabbing of a 28-year-old man during a confrontation outside an Elmhurst bar. Ronald Dunbar, 58, kill...
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Prosecutor: Elmhurst bar slaying was revenge, not self-defenseJan 26, 2024 4:55 pm - Ronald Dunbar wasn’t defending himself in April 2021 when he stabbed a 28-year-old man in the chest during a confrontation outside of an Elmhurst bar, a prosecutor argued...
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‘He would have killed me’: Defendant testifies in Elmhurst bar murder caseJan 25, 2024 6:50 pm - Despite being scared, he wanted to make sure victim was caught for doing damage to bar
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‘I thought I could die’: Bartender testifies in Elmhurst murder trial, says he was scared of being hurt by victimJan 24, 2024 6:31 pm - Editor’s note: An earlier version had an incorrect first name for Evan Wilcek and an incorrect age for Dunbar. A bartender who threw two brothers out of an Elmhurst ...