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Student home from college killed in Maywood
Ryan Jones said he and his best friend, Dashamone McCarty, decided during a phone call Wednesday evening to sign up together for summer classes at a community college. Minutes after they hung up, McCarty, 19, was shot in the head while sitting in the...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Loyola University Chicago
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Body of child found in river still unidentified
As authorities tried to identify the body of a child found in the Des Plaines River, a woman thought to be the boy's mother was in court Wednesday on charges she and her boyfriend beat her son to death. Authorities said they believe the badly decomposed...
Tags: Prosecution, Riverside (Cook, Illinois)
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Authorities: Maywood man killed in wreck near home
Tribune reporterA 51-year-old motorist was killed this afternoon during a car crash near his Maywood home, authorities said. Curtis Atkins, of the 1900 block of South 11th Avenue in Maywood, was declared dead at 4 p.m. on arrival at Loyola University Hospital in...Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Transportation Accidents
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Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Warrenville, West Chicago police blotter: May 15
The following were taken from police reports: Wheaton •The driver's side, rear door of a vehicle was scratched while it was parked in a parking lot in the 400 block of Roosevelt Road between 6:20 a.m. and 1 p.m. May 11. •A large rock was...
Tags: St. Charles (Kane, Illinois), Wars and Interventions, Theft, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Warrenville
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Child's body found in Des Plaines River
A Westchester man who spent weeks searching the Des Plaines River found what likely is the body of a missing child allegedly slain by his mother and her boyfriend April 15, authorities said Tuesday. Robert Larson, 47, said he was paddling his kayak just...
Tags: Brookfield Zoo, Riverside (Cook, Illinois)
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Former Maywood official pleads guilty to theft, misconduct
The former head of the Maywood Housing Authority pleaded guilty to theft and official misconduct today and was sentenced to six years in prison, according to the Illinois Attorney General's office. In a press release, Attorney General Lisa Madigan...
Tags: Rentals, Interior Policy, Elmhurst, Theft, Housing and Urban Planning
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Search resumes for Maywood tot's body
Police and firefighters resumed searching Wednesday for the body of a 1-year-old boy who authorities believe was beaten to death and dumped into the Des Plaines River by his mother and her boyfriend. "Obviously we want to find this little boy," Cook...
Tags: Des Plaines
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Maywood police, volunteers search river for 1-year-old's body
Chicago TribuneMaywood police and volunteers resumed searching the Des Plaines River Saturday for the body of a 1-year-old boy who authorities say was beaten to death and dumped by his mother and her boyfriend. Earlier this month, the boy’s mother —...Tags: Bodies of Water, Prosecution, Rivers, Chicago Tribune
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Hunt picks up for slain Maywood tot
Maywood police and volunteers resumed searching the Des Plaines River on Saturday for the body of a 1-year-old boy who authorities say was beaten to death and dumped by his mother and her boyfriend. Earlier this month, the boy's mother — Lakeshia...Tags: Prosecution, McDonald's
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Prosecutors: Mom, boyfriend beat, killed child, made up kidnapping story
Tribune reportersA 22-year-old Maywood woman admitted she and her boyfriend beat her 1-year-old son with a belt and plastic hangers and left him to die on their bathroom floor, prosecutors said in court Saturday. The couple then disposed of the child's lifeless body...Tags: Burger King, Justice System, Kidnapping, Judges, Prosecution
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From Death March to Hell Ships
In 1991, Jan Thompson attended a reunion of World War II veterans who were prisoners of war in the Philippines. She accompanied her father, one of those veterans. "I was just dumbfounded at what I heard," she said. "I walked out saying, 'Why doesn't...
Tags: Jamie Farr, Wars and Interventions, Human Interest, Sam Waterston, Alec Baldwin
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Palos Heights police blotter: March 26
The following items were taken from Palos Heights police records. Catalytic converters were removed from two vehicles parked in a Metra lot between 8 a.m. and 6:20 p.m. on March 13. A 26-year-old Maywood man was charged with speeding, improper lane...
Tags: Prosecution, Palos Heights, Police Arrests, Orland Park
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