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Authorities Search Joliet Canal During Investigation Into Stacy Peterson Case: Sources
Authorities were seen searching a Joliet canal Tuesday afternoon, the same canal where the sibling of missing Bolingbrook mother Stacy Peterson claimed her sister’s body had been found years ago, sources close to the investigation told NBC Chicago.
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Aerial View: Authorities Search Joliet Canal During Investigation Into Stacy Peterson Case, Sources Say
Authorities were seen searching a Joliet canal Tuesday afternoon, the same canal where the sibling of missing Bolingbrook mother Stacy Peterson claimed her sister’s body had been found years ago, sources close to the investigation told NBC Chicago.
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Drew Peterson Again Seeking to Have Murder Conviction Reversed
Drew Peterson wants a federal judge to reverse his 2012 murder conviction in the drowning death of his third wife.
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Tinley Park Man Convicted of Beating Wife to Death
A man from south suburban Tinley Park was found guilty of a first-degree murder charge Thursday for beating his wife to death with a weight-lifting bar six years ago.
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Joliet Man Gets 10 Years For Sexually Assaulting Son's Sleeping Babysitter
A Joliet man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexually assaulting his young son’s teenage babysitter while she was sleeping at his home.
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Stacy Peterson's Sister Claims to Know Location of Missing Woman's Body
The sister of Stacy Peterson, the 23-year-old Bolingbrook mother of two who remains missing after vanishing more than 10 years ago, claimed Wednesday to know the location of Peterson’s body and said she has sonar images to prove it.
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Wrongful Death Suit Filed After Beecher Crash Killed Pregnant Woman, 3 Children
A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed after a pregnant mother and her three children were killed in a car crash last summer in Beecher, the Daily Southtown reported Thursday.
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Drew Peterson Petitions Court on Murder Conviction
Lawyers for former Bolingbrook police officer Drew Peterson are asking the Illinois Supreme Court to reconsider its decision to uphold his first-degree murder conviction in the 2004 drowning death of his third wife.
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Court Upholds Drew Peterson's Murder Conviction
The use of hearsay testimony to convict former Chicago-area police officer Drew Peterson in the death of his third wife was proper, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday in upholding the conviction.
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Man Charged in Fatal Beecher Crash Released on Bond
A man facing reckless homicide charges in connection with a crash last month in Will County that killed a pregnant woman and her three children as she drove them to Bible camp was released on bond Friday.
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Bond Reduced for Man Charged in Fatal Beecher Crash
The defendant in a fatal Beecher crash that claimed the lives of a pregnant mother and her three children had his bond reduced significantly Friday, according to the Will County State’s Attorney.
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Suspect in Fatal Beecher Crash Pleads Not Guilty to Reckless Homicide
The defendant in a fatal Beecher crash that claimed the lives of a pregnant mother and her three children was brought into a Will County courtroom Wednesday morning in a wheelchair. He entered a not guilty plea to more than a dozen counts of reckless homicide.
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Mom of Driver Charged in Fatal Beecher Crash Speaks Out Ahead of Son's 1st Court Appearance
The mother of a 25-year-old man charged in a crash that killed a pregnant woman and her three young sons near their south suburban Chicago home last month spoke out about her son ahead of his first court appearance Wednesday.
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Driver Charged in Beecher Crash That Killed Pregnant Mom, 3 Sons
Charges were filed Tuesday against the driver in a crash that killed a pregnant mother and her three young sons near their northern Illinois home, officials said.
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Services Held for Pregnant Mom, 3 Sons Killed in Beecher Crash; Citation Against Driver Dismissed
Funeral services were held for a pregnant mother and her three young sons who died last week after their vehicle collided with another near their northern Illinois home. Authorities say a pickup truck driver involved in the crash received a traffic citation but that was dismissed this week.
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Gunrunning Raid in Southwest Suburbs Nets WWII-Era Machine Gun, 200 Grams of Cocaine, Dozens of Other Firearms
A raid in the southwest suburbs Tuesday netted 200 grams of cocaine, 31 guns—including what appears to be WW2-era machine gun—and the arrests of 16 people, many of whom are suspected gang members, the Will County state’s attorney’s office said.
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3 Charged in Joliet Fire That Killed 2 Women, Infant
Three people have been charged with murder for an arson fire last month that killed two women and an 11-month-old girl in southwest suburban Joliet.
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Drew Peterson Attacked by Fellow Prison Inmate: Report
Drew Peterson was attacked by a fellow inmate in the cafeteria of the maximum-security facility he was recently transferred to in Terre Haute, Indiana, the Chicago Tribune reports.