Baker decides against taking stand in murder trial
Murder suspect Daniel Baker has asked to take the witness stand every day during his trial in Lake County. But when his opportunity to testify in his own defense finally...
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Fire victim identified as Highwood restaurateur
A month after a man's body was found inside a burned-out home in Highland Park, the victim has been positively identified as Giacomo Ruggirello, who owned the home and ran...
‘Odds are I lost control,’ says defendant in baseball-bat slaying
While he confessed during an interrogation to killing his girlfriend's mother with a baseball bat, a tape of the interview played in court today also showed Daniel Baker calling his...
Woman accused of fatal ‘huffing’ crash pleads not guilty
A Highland Park teen formally denied charges Thursday morning that she huffed a cleaning product before crashing her car into a family on a sidewalk, killing a 5-year-old girl and...
‘Odds are I lost control,’ says defendant in baseball-bat slaying
While he confessed during an interrogation to killing his girlfriend's mother with a baseball bat, a tape of the interview played in court today also showed Daniel Baker calling his...
Teen enters not guilty plea in alleged huffing crash
A Highland Park teen formally denied charges Thursday morning that she huffed a cleaning product before crashing her car into a family on the sidewalk, killing a 5-year-old girl and...
Ex-girlfriend describes Lake County killing
Kristina Aksman watched as her boyfriend struck her mother in the knee and then the face with a baseball bat before he tried to set her on fire with a...
Mental fitness question holds up Lake County murder trial
Daniel Baker did not want to come to court Monday — the day his murder trial was due to start — because he was afraid that his attorney was in...
Lawyer pushes insanity defense in baseball bat slaying
Prosecutors and defense attorneys agree that murder suspect Daniel Baker has suffered from a litany of mental health problems stretching back to his childhood. They disagree on whether the 24-year-old...
Judge again rules accused murderer is fit to stand trial
Daniel Baker did not want to come to court this morning, when his murder trial was due to start, because he was afraid that his high-powered attorney was a part...