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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 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 […]