The community has raised over $50,000 to help pay the funeral expenses for a mother and her two young children who were killed in a suspected murder-suicide that left five dead in Buffalo Grove. Police responded to a well-being check on a woman in the 2800 block of Acacia Terrace in Buffalo Grove around 11:12 […]
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Order of protection granted against husband months before he allegedly murdered his family in Buffalo Grove
Court records show financial issues and marital issues ensued in the months leading up to an entire family being found dead in a suspected murder-suicide in Buffalo Grove. During a press conference Thursday, Buffalo Grove Police Chief Brian Budds said officers responded around 11:12 a.m. Wednesday to the 2800 block of Acacia Terrace in Buffalo […]
Authorities believe man killed himself after stabbing his children, wife, relative to death in Buffalo Grove
A man is suspected to have killed himself after he stabbed his two young children, wife, and a relative to death inside their shared home in Buffalo Grove, sources told Lake and McHenry County Scanner. Buffalo Grove Police Chief Brian Budds said during a press conference Thursday that officers responded around 11:12 a.m. Wednesday to […]
Coroner identifies 2 kids, 2 women found stabbed to death inside Buffalo Grove home
The coroner says that two children — one as young as four years old — and two women were all stabbed to death inside a Buffalo Grove home where a man was also found dead Wednesday. Buffalo Grove Police Chief Brian Budds said during a press conference Thursday that officers responded around 11:12 a.m. Wednesday […]
Authorities identify woman who died after being found shot, lying in the roadway in Waukegan
The coroner’s office has identified a Zion woman who died after officers found her lying in the roadway in Waukegan suffering from multiple gunshot wounds Sunday morning. An autopsy showed that Siedah Mickens, 30, of Zion, died as a result of multiple gunshot wounds, according to Lake County Chief Deputy Coroner Steve Newton. The Waukegan […]
Woman in her 30s dies after being found shot, lying in the roadway in Waukegan
A woman in her 30s died after officers found her lying in the roadway in Waukegan after being shot early Sunday morning, authorities said. The Waukegan Police Department and Waukegan Fire Department responded around 1 a.m. Sunday to the 500 block of May Street for a shooting. Waukegan Deputy Police Chief Joe Florip said officers […]
Appeals court vacates 60-year sentence for man who shot, killed woman at house party in Waukegan
An appeals court has vacated a Waukegan man’s 60-year sentence and ordered him to be re-sentenced for the murder of a 24-year-old woman he shot at a party in Waukegan. Farid S. Rakin, 54, of Waukegan, was found guilty in January 2020 of two counts of first-degree murder for the shooting death of Ciera Q. […]
42-year-old man dies at the hospital after being shot multiple times in Zion
A 42-year-old man died at the hospital after he was shot multiple times outside of an apartment building in Zion Wednesday evening, authorities said. A Zion Fire-Rescue Department ambulance was on the scene of a medical call around 8:25 p.m. Wednesday when they reported hearing active gunfire nearby. Officers with the Zion Police Department reported […]
McHenry County man dies days after being shot on Chicago’s West Side
A Harvard man died on Monday days after he was shot in the back during an altercation with an unknown person on Chicago’s West Side, police and the medical examiner’s office said. The Chicago Police Department said they responded around 3:45 p.m. last Wednesday to the 3800 block of West Fillmore Avenue in Chicago for […]