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On April 29, 1960 in Chicago, Illinois, at the age of 17, he bludgeoned a 16-year old waitress, Marilyn Duncan, to death with a brick. He was tried and convicted of murder and was sentenced to death. His conviction was later overturned on appeal, with the Supreme Court of Illinois ruling that Nemke's preliminary hearing was not
Highland Park is an affluent suburban community of about 30,000, [2] located in southeastern Lake County, Illinois, United States, 25 miles (40 km) north of Chicago, in the area's North Shore. The city held a Fourth of July celebration, which included a parade that began at 10:00 a.m. CDT (UTC−05:00). The parade started at the intersection of ...
Jeanine Nicarico murder case: Naperville: 1972-07-07: Two Hispanic men wrongfully convicted of rape and murder: Dragiša Kašiković: Chicago: 1977-06-19: Bosnian Serb writer and his nine-year-old daughter murdered by Yugoslavian secret police: Lee Jackson: Chicago: 1979-07-01: Blues musician shot to death during a family argument: Murder of ...
He was an inmate at Pontiac Correctional Center, in Pontiac, Illinois. Sheley was also found guilty of first-degree murder in a Rock Island County court on May 29, 2014, for the four murders in Rock Falls. He was sentenced on August 11, 2014. [8] His wife, Holly Sheley, testified against him in exchange for immunity.
Drew Walter Peterson (born January 5, 1954) is an American convicted murderer and former Bolingbrook, Illinois, police sergeant who was found guilty in 2012 of the murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio, a few months after their 2003 divorce.
The Todt family murders was a multiple homicide case that occurred in December 2019 in Disney's planned community of Celebration, Florida.Anthony "Tony" Todt, age 44, confessed to the murders of his wife, 42-year-old Megan Todt, and their three children: Alek, age 13; Tyler, age 11; and Zoe, age 4.
Christopher Vaughn is an American man convicted of the murder of his wife, Kimberly, and the couple's three children in June 14, 2007. [1] All four members of the family were shot in their SUV while on the way to a Springfield, IL waterpark. Christopher sustained minor injuries to his wrist and leg while the other four sustained fatal gunshot ...
Smith was born at the Illinois Masonic Hospital, to marine Charles Gilbert Smith and Delores Rechlin, who had another four children. The couple separated when Mark was 2 to 3 years old, with his mother receiving primary custody. At the age of 7, his mother remarried, and the family moved out to McHenry County, Illinois, where Smith grew up. He ...