Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Detectives believe that the 23-year-old woman was murdered by her estranged husband and another man in Countryside; her body was later found in Robbins.
Two men are being held without bond in connection with the slaying of a 23-year-old Cicero woman who who was strangled, suffocated and left inside of a truck of a car in the summer of 2005, the Cook County Sheriff's Office announced on Saturday. The body of Nayely Murry was found in the trunk of a Dodge Intrepid in Robbins two days after Nayely’s family reported her missing in August 2005. Detectives believed she was killed in Countryside before her body was placed in the trunk and left in Robbins. James Murry, 35, the estranged husband of the victim, Nayely Murry, and a friend, Travon McDonald, 29, were charged with murder, according to the Sheriff's Office. Cook County law enforcement and Cicero police arrested Murry at his home in …
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
The Brady Center plans to sue a website that showed a gun that was purchased nad later used in the murder of a woman in Oak Brook in 2011, according to officials.
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
A national gun-control organization plans to sue a website that advertises firearms, including the .40-caliber Smith & Wesson used in the murder of a woman in Oak Brook in 2011, The Doings Western Springs reports. According to the paper, the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence is preparing a lawsuit against armslist.com on behalf of the family of Jitka Vesel, saying that the website facilitates illegal gun sales. Vesel was killed on April 13, 2011; her former boyfriend Dmitry Smimov is serving a life sentence for the killing, the paper said. “It makes me angry that some murderous guy could go buy a gun on the Internet,” Vesel's brother Alex Vasely told the paper. "“To prevent a further tragedy like that, I will do whatever it takes." Read…
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
John L. Wilson, Jr., is scheduled to appear in court again next month.
John L. Wilson, Jr., the man charged with the brutal murder of 14-year-old Lyons Township freshman Kelli O'Laughlin, is scheduled to appear in court next month for a status hearing. The case against the Chicago man, who had been out on parole at the time he burglarized the teen's Indian Head Park home, has progressed slowly. Wilson was taken into custody on November 2, 2011, six days after prosecutors say he stabbed the teen to death. He was charged with first-degree murder. READ: Suspect Charged With O'Laughlin Murder Has Long Criminal History Wilson was presented with a 31-count felony indictment that included charges of first-degree murder, residential burglary, armed robbery, aggravated unlawful restraint and home invasion on …
Friday, September 14, 2012
A Grand Jury handed down an indictment of Carl Spoeri on two counts of first-degree murder on Friday.
A Grand Jury at Cook County's Maybrook Courthouse in Maywood, handed down an indictment for two counts of first-degree murder against Carl Spoeri, 55, of La Grange Park at a hearing on Sept. 15. Spoeri was arrested on Aug. 20 after beating Bojan Zigic unconscious in front of Spoeri's home on the 200 block of Kings Court. He was charged on Aug. 23 with first-degree murder after Zigic was taken off life support at Loyola University Medical Center and died. Spoeri was the stepfather of Zigic's fiancé, Erica Spoeri, who also had a 3-month-old child together. Patch spoke with Erica at the Zigic family home earlier in September, where Erica detailed years of emotional and physical abuse by her stepfather. She described Zigic as a loving partner …
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Erica Spoeri's stepfather, Carl Spoeri, is charged with the murder of her fiance, Bojan Zigic. Erica tells us about growing up in an abusive household with the man who she claims has taken everything from her.
On the afternoon of Thursday, Aug. 23, Erica Spoeri said she lost her whole future. At 1:30 p.m., her fiancé and the father of their 3-month-old son Luca, 26-year-old Bojan Zigic was taken off life support at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, and pronounced dead. A short time later, La Grange Park police charged her stepfather, Carl, with his murder. A lot changed for Erica at that moment: plans to be married in October, to raise a family and to get back into school were dashed. And the tragic string of circumstances that led to it could have been avoided. On Sept. 14, Carl Spoeri will appear before a grand jury at the Maybrook Cook County Courthouse in Maywood, which prosecutors hope will bring an indictment of first-degree …
Friday, August 24, 2012
Carl M. Spoeri, 55, of La Grange Park, has been charged with murder in the death of his stepdaughter's boyfriend.
Carl M. Spoeri, 55, of La Grange Park, stood in bond court this morning in a red shirt and track pants, showing no emotion as the state's attorney read the charges against him. Spoeri was charged with first-degree murder in the death of his stepdaughter's boyfriend, Bojan Zigic, 26, of Brookfield, who police said died at 1:30 p.m. Thursday from injuries sustained during a fight between the two men Monday evening in La Grange Park. Cook County Assistant State's Attorney Sara McGann requested a $5 million bond, but the judge set bond at $250,000. Spoeri will need to post $25,000 to be released. As a condition of bond, Spoeri is to have no contact with Zigic's family, other than the 3-month-old child of Zigic and Spoeri's stepdaughter, who …
Monday, April 23, 2012
Although John L. Wilson has twice proven impossible to examine, he did show new signs of comprehension in court on Monday.
The man accused of the October 2011 murder of 14-year-old Indian Head Park resident Kelli O’Laughlin has twice failed to cooperate with a mental-health examination by Cook County Forensic Clinical Services, prosecutors said in Cook County 5th District court on Monday. Attempts were made to examine John L. Wilson on April 17 and 20, both unsuccessful. Exam administers asked for an extension to try again, which Associate Judge John J. Hynes has granted. Hynes once again remanded Wilson to the Cook County Department of Corrections for a third exam later this week and issued a warning that future lack of cooperation would automatically invalidate any type of insanity defense. In contrast to his last court appearance, Wilson generally …
Friday, November 4, 2011
John L. Wilson, Jr. is accused of killing Kelli O'Laughlin, 14, on Oct. 27. Police pursued hundreds of tips to bring "some level of justice," said Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart.
Police laid out the horrifying circumstances in the Oct. 27 death of 14-year-old Kelli O’Laughlin at a press conference Friday morning and accused parolee John L. Wilson, Jr. of killing O'Laughin after she inadvertently walked in on him burglarizing her house when she arrived home from school. According to Indian Head Park Police, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart and Illinois State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez, Wilson broke into the rear of the home on the 6300 block of Keokuk Avenue by putting a rock in a knit cap and hurling it through the dining room window. After he was confronted by O’Laughlin, authorities say Wilson used a butcher knife from a cutlery block in the family’s kitchen to stab her repeatedly in the back, neck and chest. He then …
Wilson will appear before a judge in bond court this morning on charges of first degree murder in stabbing death of Kelli O'Laughlin.
(Updated news from this story with full details of the crime and investigation can be found here.) Information on the criminal background of the person charged can be found here.) Charges have been filed in the murder of a 14-year-old Indian Head Park teen. Although police have yet to release an official statement, the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times and NBC5 report that the charges are for first-degree murder. John L. Wilson Jr., 38, of Chicago has been charged in O'Laughlin's death. Wilson is set to face a judge in bond court this morning. According to Fox News Chicago, Wilson was stopped the night of the murder by a Willow Springs police officer. Wilson told the officer his car had broken down and he was getting a cab. The officer …
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Evidence is being evaluated by the state attorney's office and charges may follow on Friday.
UPDATED: 9:40 p.m. Indian Head Park police and the Cook County Sheriff officially have confirmed that they are holding in custody a suspect in the murder of Kelli O'Laughlin. “I hope that this little bit of info that we have tonight will let [the community] sleep easier,” said Indian Head Park police chief Frank Alonzo. "We think that you can all sleep easier tonight.” Alonzo and Sheriff Tom Dart confirmed that the individual in custody has served jail time before. No more information about the individual was given. They have presented all leads, information and evidence to the Illinois state attorney's office. No charges have yet been filed, but they are likely to come on Friday or in the near future. The police chief and sheriff offered…
Carla Rush
9:26 pm on Wednesday, October 31, 2012
John - Who do you mean by they? How about we do some 1930s justice and find a nice branch for him? Bet you would love to return to those times. more ›