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Man who told estranged wife 'If I can't have them neither can you' gets life for killing their kids

Feb. 16, 2024 16:24 PM EST

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago man who told his estranged wife in a note after he drowned their three young children "If I can’t have them neither can you” was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The Lake County judge sentenced Jason...

Girlfriend of Illinois shooting suspect pleads not guilty to obstruction

Feb. 08, 2024 17:46 PM EST

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — The girlfriend of a man suspected of fatally shooting seven relatives and an eighth person last month in a Chicago suburb pleaded not guilty Thursday to an obstruction of justice charge. Kyleigh Cleveland-Singleton, 21, of Joliet entered the plea in a Will...