Popular on Patch: Halligan Found Guilty in 2003 La Grange Murder
After seven years evading justice, the former La Grange woman was convicted of first-degree murder in Bridgeview court on Friday.
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Halligan Found Guilty in 2003 La Grange Murder
After seven years evading justice, the former La Grange woman was convicted of first-degree murder in Bridgeview court on Friday.
Sherry Halligan, the 54-year-old former La Grange woman who spent seven years as a fugitive from the law, has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting of her boyfriend, Dennis Campbell, in a southern La Grange home in 2003. According to the Chicago Tribune, Halligan showed no reaction to the verdict, while Campbell’s family hugged. The family told The Doings La Grange that while the outcome was what they had wanted, it would never be enough. “Justice is never going to be served as long as my uncle is dead and she’s walking on earth,” Liz Ford, Campbell’s niece, told the paper. “There wasn’t a better man on earth. I miss him every day.” After the shooting on Jan. 30, 2003, Halligan turned herself in to police, confessed to …
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