Tag: Illinois
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Jussie Smollett conviction in hate crime attack hoax overturned by Illinois Supreme Court
The conviction against actor Jussie Smollett for falsely reporting a hate crime to Chicago police in 2019 has been overturned by the state’s supreme court over prosecutorial issues. Smollett’s case was reviewed by the Illinois Supreme Court, which ruled Thursday that the former “Empire” actor should not have been charged after he entered a non-prosecution…
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Unsolved 1979 slaying in Illinois linked to suspected serial killer, authorities say
The unsolved killing of a 19-year-old woman in suburban Chicago more than four decades ago was linked to a suspected serial killer believed to be responsible for several other slayings in the area, authorities said Wednesday. During a news conference, police in North Aurora, west of Chicago, said they solved the 1979 killing of Kathy…
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Illinois man manipulated by girlfriend into killing Romeoville family of 4, police say
An Illinois woman manipulated her cheating boyfriend to believe he was being threatened by violent drug runners, leading him to slaughter a family of four before killing that tech-savvy girlfriend and himself, police said Thursday. Detectives in the Chicago suburb of Romeoville have been working for nearly a year to understand why Nathaniel Huey Jr.,…