A 15-year-old girl from Waukegan has been identified over 50 years later after she disappeared before being found dead by homicide in a river, authorities announced. The Clinton County, Iowa, Sheriff’s Office said they responded on April 11, 1975, to a report of a body found in the Mississippi River north of Clinton, Iowa. The […]
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Former McHenry nurse sentenced to life in prison in cold case murder of disabled woman found brutally tortured
A former McHenry nurse was sentenced Monday to life in prison after being convicted of murdering a young McHenry woman whose body was found brutally abused in a cornfield in 1999. In November 2019, the Racine County, Wis. Sheriff announced that an unidentified body found in 1999 had been identified as McHenry resident Peggy Lynn […]
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Former McHenry nurse convicted in cold case murder of disabled woman found brutally tortured
A former McHenry nurse has been convicted of murdering a young McHenry woman whose body was found brutally abused in a cornfield in 1999. In November 2019, the Racine County, Wis. Sheriff announced that an unidentified body found in 1999 had been identified as McHenry resident Peggy Lynn Johnson. Linda Sue LaRoche, 66, of Cape […]
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Former McHenry nurse charged in 1999 cold case of disabled McHenry woman found brutally tortured, murdered
The Racine County, Wis. Sheriff announced Friday that a Jane Doe found brutally abused and murdered in a cornfield in 1999 has been identified as Peggy Lynn Johnson, a young woman from McHenry. Linda Sue La Roche, 64, who now lives in Cape Coral, Florida, was charged with first-degree intentional homicide and hiding a corpse […]