The former Illinois high school teacher who confessed to attempting to strangle 17-year-old Ashley Reeves in 2006 is now out of prison.
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Criminal NewsUnited States America
Woman admits to strangling pregnant teenager and removing baby from stomach
by Jakob Kochby Jakob KochOfficials said that Clarisa Figueroa, 51, lured the victim, Marlen Ochoa-Lopez, 19, to her home in April 2019 by offering free baby clothes. At one point, Ochoa-Lopez, nine months pregnant, …
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CrimeCriminal NewsUnited States
A search for a former MTV reality star accused of asking a young person for sex has led to his arrest after more than a year of being on the run
Connor N. Smith, a former MTV reality TV star, was arrested in Florida more than a year after he allegedly fled from a sex sting operation.
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CrimeCriminal NewsUnited States
As father found not guilty of killing baby boy, prosecutors move to drop charges against mother
On the day that a judge acquitted an Illinois father of killing his baby son, prosecutors moved to dismiss related charges against the mother.
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MurderUnited States
4 people have died, including a 15-year-old girl, and 11 people were injured in a stabbing incident in a neighborhood in Illinois
by Mia Meyerby Mia MeyerOne man is in custody after a mass stabbing attack in a Rockford, Illinois, neighborhood on Wednesday. Police Chief Carla Redd said that three people died on the scene and …
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CrimeCriminal NewsUnited States
‘She didn’t want to die’: Person who forced people into having sex with others put a young woman's dead body into a suitcase and left it in a wildlife area
“I will be loyal and have a lot of spirit,” Haley Decker once wrote when she was five years old and the world looked brighter.
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CrimeCriminal NewsUnited States
A firefighter has been found guilty of killing his pregnant girlfriend and attempting to set her house on fire
by Jakob Kochby Jakob KochA volunteer firefighter in Illinois has been found guilty of killing his pregnant girlfriend and starting a fire at her house.
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CrimeCriminal NewsUnited States
A judge referenced Dr. Seuss when rejecting former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s lawsuit to overturn a ban on seeking public office
by Elijah Jonesby Elijah JonesJust leave, Blago! That’s what a federal judge said to former Gov. Rod Blagojevich when dismissing his lawsuit seeking the federal government to overturn a ban on him running for …
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CrimeCriminal NewsUnited States
A woman who killed her ex-husband at a government work site shortly after a heated custody hearing has received her punishment
by Elijah Jonesby Elijah JonesAlexis N. Stallman has been sentenced to 50 years in an Illinois state prison for killing her ex-husband shortly after a dispute over child custody.