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Man charged with strangling his wife to death at their Round Lake home

By Lake & McHenry County Scanner Staff on January 2, 2019

A Round Lake man has been charged with first-degree murder after he allegedly strangled his wife to death and kept her body inside their home…

Coroner IDs woman stabbed to death at Waukegan apartment

By Lake & McHenry County Scanner Staff on December 5, 2018

Leesa Lovett, 55, of Waukegan, was allegedly stabbed to death by her boyfriend at his Waukegan apartment on Monday, police said. He was caught by…

Man accused of stabbing girlfriend to death in Waukegan

By Lake & McHenry County Scanner Staff on December 4, 2018

A Waukegan man accused of stabbing his girlfriend to death at his apartment was arrested at Union Station in Chicago Monday evening and charged with…

Charges filed against wife in botched murder-suicide in Waukegan

By Lake & McHenry County Scanner Staff on November 29, 2018

Ayesha Siddiqui, 47, of Waukegan, was charged with first-degree murder after she allegedly stabbed her husband to death and then tried killing herself at their…

Girlfriend charged with murder of boyfriend after hit-and-run in Waukegan

By Lake & McHenry County Scanner Staff on October 15, 2018

A woman has been charged with murder after police say she fatally struck her boyfriend with a car in downtown Waukegan early Friday morning. Waukegan…