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New graphic details, including transcripts of police interviews, made public in AJ Freund’s murder

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article contains graphic details that may be upsetting to some readers. Prosecutors have released police interview transcripts with AJ Freund’s father and also revealed that police recovered a video that the young boy’s mother recorded of herself choking AJ just weeks before his death. JoAnn Cunningham, the mother of 5-year-old Andrew Freund, […]

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Mother of 5-year-old AJ Freund pleads guilty to murder in her son’s beating death

JoAnn Cunningham, the mother of 5-year-old Andrew Freund, has pleaded guilty Thursday morning to first-degree murder in the Crystal Lake boy’s beating death. Cunningham, who has been held in the McHenry County Jail on a $5 million bond, pleaded guilty at the McHenry County courthouse in front of Judge Robert Wilbrandt. She faces between 20 […]

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Parents of Andrew Freund allegedly forced the boy into cold shower, beat him to death

The parents of Andrew Freund allegedly forced the boy into a cold shower ‘for an extended period’ and beat him, knowing that it would cause his death, a criminal complaint alleges. 36-year-old JoAnn Cunningham, the boy’s mother, has been charged with five counts of first-degree murder, four counts of aggravated battery, two counts of aggravated […]

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Focus shifts to field in Woodstock for missing Crystal Lake boy as mother remains inside police station

A large police presence was seen Wednesday morning at a field near Woodstock, meanwhile the mother of the missing Crystal Lake boy remains inside the police station and authorities have announced a press conference for noon. The Crystal Lake Police Department, McHenry County Sheriff’s Office, FBI and other authorities converged in a field near Gayle […]