Investigations

The discovery of Jelani Day’s iPhone—a crucial clue in the unsolved case—was pure luck, and family say there could be critical information the device, if only police could access it.

A Cook County judge on Friday ordered the life sentence of David Biro be left in tact, decades after he killed Richard Nancy Langert in Winnetka. NBC 5 Investigates’ Phil Rogers reports.

Newly obtained emails reveal the steps Chicago police took in a deadly hit-and-run case — only after NBC 5 Investigates started asking questions.

A judge on Wednesday set the bond at $20,000 for a man who stole an ambulance in Chicago, which led to a roughly 70-mile police pursuit.

The man authorities say stole an ambulance in Chicago and led police on a roughly two-hour pursuit down I-55 on Monday is a 45-year-old attorney who jumped from a moving Amtrak train just before the incident and launched into a largely disturbing and incoherent rant for several minutes on the Chicago Fire Department’s radio frequency.

Never-before-heard tapes reveal conversations between the killer John Wayne Gacy and his lawyers following his 1978 arrest.

Millions of Illinois residents could have money coming to them. NBC 5 Investigates and Telemundo Investiga uncovered the tools and resources needed to find your cash.

Daisy Hayes’ family erupted in cries of disbelief Friday when Cook County Judge Diana Kenworthy issued a not guilty ruling in the bench trial of Jimmy Jackson.

Dozens more people framed by corrupt former Chicago Police Sgt. Ronald Watts saw their convictions overturned Friday, as the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office dropped its opposition to the final large group of people seeking to have their cases thrown out.

Three men from Illinois pleaded guilty Thursday to their involvement in the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Federal prosecutors have requested 14 days in jail as part of a plea deal for two Chicago-area brothers charged in connection with riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

The man convicted of killing a young couple and their unborn child in Winnetka more than 30 years ago is back in Cook County courts, seeking a new sentence for the crime that shocked and terrified the North Shore.

NBC 5 Investigates has learned that a teenager linked by federal authorities to an alleged plot to attack a Chicago-area mosque is a 15-year-old who lives in suburban Hampshire.