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This list includes notable homicides committed in the U.S. state of Illinois that have a Wikipedia article on the killing, the killer, or the victim. It is divided into five subject areas as follows:
12 sty 2022 · Deidre Silas, 36, was performing a home visit at a home in Thayer, Illinois, about 20 miles south of Springfield, when she was stabbed to death shortly after 4 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 4, according...
This is a list of people executed in Illinois. A total of twelve people convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Illinois since 1977. [1] All were executed by lethal injection. Another man condemned in Illinois, Alton Coleman, was executed in Ohio. [2] Capital punishment in Illinois was abolished in 2011.
5 sty 2022 · SANGAMON COUNTY, Ill. (WAND) - Prosecutors said preliminary bond has been set at $5 million for a murder suspect in a Sangamon County death investigation. Police arrested Benjamin H Reed, 32,...
5 sty 2022 · Decatur police took Benjamin Reed of Thayer, 32, into custody. He was transported back to the Sangamon County jail. Reed faces charges of first degree murder and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. DCFS Director Marc Smith called it one of the most difficult days in the history of the agency.
4 kwi 2013 · The Paris, Ill., man spent 17 years on Illinois’ death row for a double murder he didn’t commit, but last week Steidl finally got some closure. His lawsuit against those who allegedly conspired to frame him and another man was settled on March 27 to the tune of $3.5 million.
6 sty 2022 · Silas was killed on the job Tuesday evening in Thayer, Illinois while responding to reports of children in danger. Her suspected killer, Benjamin Reed, was arraigned on charges of first degree murder, aggravated unlawful restraint, and aggravated battery Thursday morning in Springfield, Illinois.
