An Illinois appeals court ordered a new hearing for a Beach Park man sentenced to life in prison for the baseball bat murders of his wife and stepson in 2015. Armando Trejo, Jr., 53, formerly of Beach Park, is currently serving life in prison in the Menard Correctional Center in downstate Illinois. Trejo was convicted […]
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Victims identified in North Chicago double murder
The coroner has identified two men in their 20s who were killed following a drive-by shooting in North Chicago on Saturday. Lake County Coroner Jennifer Banek said that an autopsy showed Navor Benitez, 24, and David Fajardo, 25, both of North Chicago, died from multiple gunshot wounds. The North Chicago Police Department responded around 3:30 […]
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65 years in prison for Crystal Lake man who killed girlfriend and her 15-year-old sister
A Crystal Lake man was sentenced to 65 years in prison after pleading guilty to shooting and killing his wife and his 15-year-old sister-in-law in 2017, which he claimed was self-defense. Ryan C. Yarber, 34, of the 100 block of Marian Parkway in Crystal Lake, was indicted on 25 counts of first-degree murder, aggravated discharge […]
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Husband, wife who were found dead in their Beach Park home were murdered, authorities say
Detectives are investigating the deaths of a husband and wife as a double murder after they were found with gunshot wounds at their Beach Park home Tuesday evening. An autopsy showed that Mercedes Rodas, 49, and Carlos Rafael Rodas Perez, 52, both of Beach Park, died as a result of injuries from gunshot wounds, according […]
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Ex-husband wanted in Buffalo Grove double murder dies in hospital, police say
Anatoliy Ermak, the suspect wanted for murdering his ex-wife and her husband in Buffalo Grove, has died in the hospital after he shot himself during a standoff with police in Minnesota. Police officers responded around 8 p.m. Friday to the 6000 block of Vernon Avenue in Edina, Minnesota, after local residents spotted Ermak’s vehicle, Buffalo […]
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Police confirm Buffalo Grove double murder suspect shot himself during standoff; remains in critical condition
Anatoliy Ermak, the suspect wanted for murdering a married couple in Buffalo Grove, is in critical condition after he shot himself during a standoff with police in Edina, Minnesota Friday evening, authorities confirmed. Police officers responded around 8 p.m. Friday to the 6000 block of Vernon Avenue in Edina, Minnesota, after local residents spotted Ermak’s […]
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Former U.S. Marine pleads guilty to brutal 2005 rape, murder of Zion girls
Lake County’s most notorious murder case has come to an end after the suspect, a former U.S. Marine, pleaded guilty to the rape and murder of two young Zion girls in 2005. On Tuesday, Jorge Avila-Torrez, 30, was sentenced to 100 years in prison under a plea deal after he admitted to killing 9-year-old Krystal […]
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Coroner IDs one of two victims murdered in Crystal Lake slaying
A 31-year-old woman and a 15-year-old girl are dead and a Crystal Lake man is in custody for murder following a shooting at a Crystal Lake home Thursday night. Police were first called to the residence in the 100 block of Marian Parkway at about 8:02 p.m. for a report of a female armed with […]