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Mother, 2-year-old son identified as victims of Peoria County double homicide (opens the original)
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PEORIA (25News Now) - The Peoria County Coroner’s Office has released the identities of a mother and her young son early Friday in what authorities said was domestic violence. Dead are Heaven J. Wood, who was 20, and KJ Duncan-Wood, who was 2, said Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood. He said the woman died instantly from multiple gunshot wounds in a home near the scene of a car fire in the 3500 block of Yorkshire. According to Harwood, Heaven Wood was unresponsive, not breathing, and did not ha
Ex-deputy Sean Grayson dies, his attorney confirms (opens the original)
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(25News Now and Capitol News Illinois) - Former Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson has died just weeks after the Illinois Prisoner Review Board rejected his plea for early release as he battled cancer. “He passed earlier today,” said Grayson’s attorney Daniel Fultz in an email Sunday evening to 25News. Fultz provided no other details about his client’s death. A Peoria County jury found Grayson guilty of second-degree murder for fatally shooting Sonya Massey at her home near Springfiel
Person of interest named as State Police seek new leads in 1992 Tammy Zywicki slaying (opens the original)
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JOLIET (25News Now) - Illinois State Police have identified a person of interest in the kidnapping and murder of Iowa college student Tammy Zywicki, who was last seen alive 34-years ago on Interstate 80 in LaSalle County. Marking the anniversary of Zywicki’s disappearance, State Police are asking the public for information about a woman who is not a suspect. However, Theresa “Teri” Belenske was known to hitch hike and may have been traveling with an unknown trucker possibly responsible for Zywic
Peoria bomb squad called after explosive device found in Canton (opens the original)
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CANTON (25News Now) - Authorities said Peoria’s bomb squad was called to Canton on Tuesday to “neutralize” an explosive device in a vehicle, and to search for bomb making material in a Farmington home. The bomb squad was initially called to North Avenue B and West Chestnut Street where Canton Police said they made a traffic stop about 4:30 p.m. Police said the driver, 40-year-old Benjamin F. Lingenfelter of Farmington, agreed to a search, and officers found an explosive device inside. Police sai
Giannoulias becomes 2nd statewide officeholder running for Chicago mayor (opens the original)
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CHICAGO (25News Now) - Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias wants to be Chicago’s next mayor. He’s joining a crowded field of candidates hoping to unseat incumbent Mayor Brandon Johnson, who has not said yet if he’s a candidate for reelection. Giannoulias is the second politician holding statewide office who entered next year’s mayor’s race. The other is Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza, who announced her intentions in early June. NBC Chicago reports Giannoulias enters the contest wi
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