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Amanda Ware, formerly Amanda Hamm, leaves the Cook County Juvenile Court building on Oct. 26, 2015.

Judge to rule if mother involved in children’s drownings abused new family

May 22, 2019 at 8:52 p.m.

Two decades ago, in what Cook County prosecutors called a "chilling foretelling" of what was to come, Amanda Ware told a mental-health worker that she wanted to kill herself by...

Joseph Shell, father of murder victim Aliyah Shell, 6, and daughter Olivia stand at the lobby of Leighton Criminal Court Building on May 5, 2015, following the guilty verdict for two men. Shell is wearing a shirt with an image of daughter Aliyah while others wore purple shirts.

2 gang members given long prison terms for killing 6-year-old girl

May 22, 2019 at 8:52 p.m.

A veteran Cook County judge shook his head Monday as a video played in his courtroom of a mother talking about the murder of her 6-year-old daughter. Aliyah Shell had...

Murder trial to finally begin after more than eight years of delays

June 16, 2018 at 1:35 p.m.

More than eight years after the kidnapping and slaying of pharmaceutical sales representative Nailah Franklin, a man she briefly dated is finally set to stand trial Monday in a case...

Public defender comes out swinging, bashes Alvarez and talks of change

May 15, 2019 at 3:03 p.m.

Amy Campanelli says her blood pressure began to rise Monday as she read that Cook County prosecutors had sought a $1 million bail for a father whose 6-year-old son had...

An evidence technician dusts for fingerprints on a motorcycle outside the home of Chicago police Officer Thomas Wortham IV on May 20, 2010. The officer and one of his assailants were killed during an attempted robbery of this motorcycle.

Jury convicts final defendant in murder of off-duty Chicago cop

May 22, 2019 at 8:50 p.m.

A Cook County jury deliberated about three hours Monday before convicting the third and final defendant in the 2010 killing of off-duty Chicago police Officer Thomas Wortham IV. Marcus Floyd...

Michael Hernandez, 18, was shot and killed by Ricardo Marchan while driving home in 2009.

Questions remain after conviction in thrill-killing spree by man angry over breakup

May 22, 2019 at 8:50 p.m.

Pat Cregan was a newly married pizza delivery driver out making his last run of the night. Nick Hernandez was a recent high school graduate minutes away from home in...

Shawn Whirl stands with his mother, Erma, after he was released from Hill Correctional Center on Oct. 14, 2015, in Galesburg.

Inmate who alleged torture freed from prison: ‘I couldn’t give up’

May 22, 2019 at 8:49 p.m.

After spending nearly a quarter-century behind bars for a murder he says he did not commit, Shawn Whirl on Wednesday walked out of state prison a free man, the latest...

Thomas Wortham III exits the Leighton Criminal Court Building with family and supporters on Aug. 18, 2015, after a court hearing for the 2010 slaying of his son.

Slain officer’s father weeps when shown son’s badge at trial

May 22, 2019 at 8:49 p.m.

Thomas Wortham III kept his composure Wednesday as he told jurors how his son, an off-duty Chicago police officer, lay dying in the street outside his boyhood South Side home...

Former Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on June 29, 2010.

Alleged torture victim likely to be freed today after years in prison

May 22, 2019 at 8:49 p.m.

A man who claimed he confessed to murder because of torture by a Chicago police detective is likely to walk out of prison a free man Wednesday after more than...

Mother cleared of endangerment charges in death of infant daughter

May 22, 2019 at 8:48 p.m.

A Chicago mother whose infant daughter died after she allegedly left the girl unattended in an overheated room has been cleared of child endangerment charges by a Cook County judge....

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