Illinois

An Illinois teacher has been arrested after police say he was in possession of child pornography. He is being held in jail and awaiting extradition.

Two EMS workers who responded to a home and put a man face down on a gurney have been arrested. The man died soon after the incident in the hospital.

A 25-year-old Illinois man has been arrested in connection to a 2016 sexual assault case. The case remained open before a DNA match came from the lab.

An Illinois man was sentenced to three years in prison after an open red plastic cup of beer he was carrying led to his arrest on a weapons charge.

A fight between neighbors over a barking dog citation led to a deadly stabbing, police said. Illinois authorities charged the suspect with first-degree murder.

A teen was found dead in Illinois and that started a manhunt for a murder suspect. Police announced they caught the suspect in Mexico this week.

Two suspects were arrested in Oklahoma in connection with the fatal shooting of a teenager in Illinois, authorities said. One of the suspects is a minor.

A Chicago man who went on a killing spree, murdering six family members during a robbery, was sentenced to life in prison. It's unknown why he killed them.

A 19-year-old man who police say gunned down a 64-year-old man with a "ghost gun" has been arrested. Jaylen Lewis is charged with first-degree murder.

A Chicago man was arrested after he killed and dismembered a drug dealer because he was upset how much the price of drugs had risen, prosecutors said.

A Florida man was charged with multiple felonies after he allegedly sexually assaulted a woman who was a guest at a hotel in Illinois, authorities said.

Trudy Appleby, who was 11 when she vanished in Moline, Illinois in 1996, is still missing 26 years later. The man believed to have last seen her is dead.

An Illinois man allegedly strangled to death an employee he was dating who was 37-weeks pregnant with his child, authorities said.

A man on furlough from jail in Illinois forced an elderly woman inside her home and killed her. Now, he will spend decades behind bars for murder.

A fight inside a bar in Joliet, Illinois, left one person dead and two others hurt. Days after the incident, police said they arrested the suspect.

A prostitute was reported missing in Las Vegas. Weeks later, her legs were found in Illinois. How did they get there, and was it a case of murder?

An Iraq war veteran is accused of gunning down an Iraq native during a botched arm robbery in Chicago. He reportedly has a long criminal rap sheet.

A senior citizen in Illinois was charged with manslaughter nearly three months after the deadly stabbing of a man outside a gas station.

A woman in Illinois who fatally shooting her boyfriend last spring at the home they shared has been arrested and indicted on a first-degree murder charge.

Police in Illinois have charged a suspect with the cold-blooded slaying of a teenager standing outside of his family’s home, authorities said.

A man in Illinois allegedly beat his girlfriend while holding her captive in his home for nearly three days, police said.

A missing 11-year-old girl from Illinois was found in the home of an Indiana man, according to reports. The suspect now faces a kidnapping charge.

A man in Illinois is accused of shooting a person to death in Illinois and now faces a murder charge, police said. No motive has been released.

A great-grandmother was found stabbed to death in her rural Illinois home. The case is now cold, but police still hope to solve the murder case.

A suspect is under arrest in connection to the death of an Illinois man whose body was found in a refrigerator two years ago, authorities said.

A teenager in Illinois faces a murder charge after a baby died at the hospital from a traumatic brain injury, police said. Authorities did not say how the child was hurt.

A man in Illinois was charged with murder and animal cruelty after he beat his mom to death and killed the family dog, police said. He also had self-inflicted wounds.

A shooting at an Illinois Taco Bell left one person dead. Now, the man who pulled the trigger on the gun will head to prison for more than a decade.

A suspect has been arrested in connection to a fatal shooting in Illinois. Police have not released a possible motive in the alleged murder.

A man was shot to death in an Illinois mall parking lot in April. Now, police say the murder suspect has been caught during a traffic stop in Georgia.

Rachel Mellon, an Illinois girl who disappeared mysteriously when she was 13 and staying home from school sick, is still missing more than 25 years later.

A man is in custody after he was identified as the prime suspect in the death of an Illinois woman who was fatally shot nearly 20 years ago, authorities said.

A dad in Illinois faces murder charges after police said he drowned his three kids. He then led officers on a car chase when they went to arrest him.

A man in Illinois is accused of beheading his pregnant girlfriend, police said. Her head was then left in a dumpster, according to reports.

A man in Illinois admitted to shaking and slamming his infant on a cushion leading to the child's death, police said. The victim was brought to the hospital unresponsive.

The vice president of a youth services non-profit in Illinois is accused of having child pornography. He was arrested and now is being held in jail.

A man in Illinois is accused of shooting and killing his childhood friend and injuring the victim's brother. A motive has not been released in the case.

Two people were killed at several were hurt in a shooting at a home in Illinois. Weeks later, police said they arrested a suspect on murder charges.

A monk and teacher at a school in Illinois is accused of having sexual contact with a student. The suspect was arrested this week and faces several charges.

A police officer was shot and killed during a traffic stop in Illinois. Now, the parolee who killed him will spend the rest of his life in prison.

A mom is accused of driving drunk and causing a crash that decapitated a woman in Illinois. An attorney said the suspect also works inspecting daycares.

A man in Ilinois will spend life in prison for the murder of his girlfriend. The killer stabbed the victim to death during an argument that turned to a fight.

A man was shot and killed in Illinois in December. Months later, police say they have arrested two suspects. The shooting happened during a robbery.

A man was sentenced to prison for killing his girlfriend in Illinois after she ended the relationship. He hid in her vehicle and jumped out to start shooting.

A suspect from Missouri is accused of killing a man he was traveling with through Illinois last month, authorities said. The victim was shot multiple times.

A woman will spend years in prison for shooting at her ex's new girlfriend's car, killing the woman. Investigators say the killer wore a mask and wig to the scene.

An 18-year-old was found shot to death in a car in Illinois in 2018. Years later, police say they have arrested twins in connection to the murder.

A man was charged with murder after a victim was shot to death on St. Patrick's Day, police in Illinois said. A witness found the victim in a pool of blood.

Two Illinois suspects were arrested in connection to a Dec. 14 crime spree that included the murder of a man hanging Christmas lights, police said.

Two people were sentenced to prison for their role in a multi-state crime spree that included a triple murder in Illinois. The suspects wanted the victims' car.