Sunday, August 15, 2010
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Ederly Woman Found Dead In House Filled With Trash
July 20, 2010 (SKOKIE Ill.) (WLS) -- A woman's body has been found in a home packed with trash piled so high, police could not get through the door.
The building department Tuesday afternoon posted a sign saying that the house is not approved for occupancy and that entry is not allowed.
The woman's daughter discovered the body, and when they arrived, they found her sitting on top of several feet of debris.
"The officers that were on the scene and responded reported that it was some of the worst conditions that they had been exposed to in at least 29 years," said Sgt. Michael Krupnik of the Skokie Police.
Police say the debris inside Marie Davis' Skokie home was so bad that officers responding to her daughter's call for help last night could not get to the 79-year-old woman. Instead, the fire department was called in to punch a hole in the roof to remove the deceased woman's body.
"Debris-filled; unable to gain access," said Krupnik. "Unable to even enter through a doorway without crawling through small tunnels. "
The medical examiner says Davis died of natural causes, yet it is not her death, but the way she and her daughter lived, that attracted attention Tuesday.
"Every night... they [were] walking around the neighborhood," said neighbor Jairo Nieto.
It was at night that Davis would collect trash from other people's homes and take it back to her own. Although some say they knew she was a hoarder and had filed complaints about the outside of the home with the village, none imagined the conditions within.
"We have worked with this family over a number of years and we've been called out a few times in the past," said Dr. Catherine Counard of the Skokie Health Department.
The health department will seek a court order Wednesday to go inside the home and inspect it.
"I noticed sometimes when I'd walk the dog through the alley that her backyard was cluttered," said neighbor Joan Morris. "But I figured, OK, that is her backyard, that's her business, not mine."
"About a year ago, Skokie sent somebody to clean the garage," said Nieto. "They [took] two trucks full of garbage from the garage."
The Skokie Health Department has confirmed they do have a long history of complaints regarding this house. As for the future of the house, they would like to clean it out and rehab it, but it may come down to having to tear it down, a decision that could be made Monday.
The building department Tuesday afternoon posted a sign saying that the house is not approved for occupancy and that entry is not allowed.
The woman's daughter discovered the body, and when they arrived, they found her sitting on top of several feet of debris.
"The officers that were on the scene and responded reported that it was some of the worst conditions that they had been exposed to in at least 29 years," said Sgt. Michael Krupnik of the Skokie Police.
Police say the debris inside Marie Davis' Skokie home was so bad that officers responding to her daughter's call for help last night could not get to the 79-year-old woman. Instead, the fire department was called in to punch a hole in the roof to remove the deceased woman's body.
"Debris-filled; unable to gain access," said Krupnik. "Unable to even enter through a doorway without crawling through small tunnels. "
The medical examiner says Davis died of natural causes, yet it is not her death, but the way she and her daughter lived, that attracted attention Tuesday.
"Every night... they [were] walking around the neighborhood," said neighbor Jairo Nieto.
It was at night that Davis would collect trash from other people's homes and take it back to her own. Although some say they knew she was a hoarder and had filed complaints about the outside of the home with the village, none imagined the conditions within.
"We have worked with this family over a number of years and we've been called out a few times in the past," said Dr. Catherine Counard of the Skokie Health Department.
The health department will seek a court order Wednesday to go inside the home and inspect it.
"I noticed sometimes when I'd walk the dog through the alley that her backyard was cluttered," said neighbor Joan Morris. "But I figured, OK, that is her backyard, that's her business, not mine."
"About a year ago, Skokie sent somebody to clean the garage," said Nieto. "They [took] two trucks full of garbage from the garage."
The Skokie Health Department has confirmed they do have a long history of complaints regarding this house. As for the future of the house, they would like to clean it out and rehab it, but it may come down to having to tear it down, a decision that could be made Monday.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
ONE OF THE WORST CASES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE....
CREVE COEUR — A bloody 25-minute window Thursday night in which a woman and her ex-husband died on opposite sides of the Illinois River represents the tragic culmination of years of domestic abuse.
The violence that left 47-year-old Suzann K. Alexander dead at the hands of Bernell B. Alexander, 48, who afterward took his own life, ultimately may have been precipitated by a child support issue that was resolved earlier in the day when an order to garnish wages was sent to the ex-husband's employer.
Both died in plain view of a horrified public. Bernell Alexander came to the Dairy Queen in Creve Coeur's business district on Illinois Route 29 about 9 p.m. and began harassing his ex-wife as she worked the drive-through window. After that confrontation, he entered the business through the back door.
Bernell Alexander grabbed his wife and began beating her, throwing her to the ground as at least one employee attempted to tear him off his victim. He ended the struggle by pulling a gun and firing several times at close range into Suzann Alexander's face and chest. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
"It's obvious there was a lot of rage involved with this incident," said Creve Coeur Police Chief Mike Button.
Bernell Alexander fled in his truck to South Peoria. He was followed by a Dairy Queen customer, who assisted Peoria police in blocking Bernell Alexander's escape as a squad car attempted to pull him over near South Western Avenue and West Ann Street.
Bernell Alexander shot himself there, and his vehicle veered out of control and hit a tree at 9:25 p.m., ending a brief spasm of domestic violence that has roots reaching back to at least 1997.
Bernell and Suzann Alexander had been together since at least 1990, when their first daughter was born. A second daughter was born two years later, though the couple did not wed until Oct. 19, 1996.
Almost exactly a year later, on Oct. 13, 1997, Bernell Alexander shoved and struck his wife in the face, also leaving red marks on her neck and breaking her necklace, according to Tazewell County court records.
He pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of domestic battery with bodily harm and received a year of probation. But his probation was revoked in September 1998 after he again shoved Suzann Alexander, this time in front of their daughters.
She filed for her first order of protection against him at that time, and his probation was extended until January 1999. He successfully completed the sentence and his probation was terminated.
No further criminal charges resulted from fights between the couple, but Suzann Alexander filed for four more orders of protection over the next decade, before they were divorced.
Suzann Alexander's descriptions of harassment, threats and vandalism to her vehicles and home in those documents paint a disturbing picture of a man who on Thursday followed through with remarks he had made several times in the past.
In an order of protection filed in October 2006, Suzann Alexander claimed her then-husband keyed her car twice, put sugar in the gas tank and threatened to beat her and suffocate her with a pillow while she slept. On Oct. 30, 2006, she claimed he broke off the front door knobs of their home, then broke into the home through a back window and threatened to beat her and kill another man.
She filed for the order the next day. In that instance, Suzann Alexander followed through with maintenance of the order after the initial emergency period expired, and Bernell Alexander was ordered to stay away from her until Jan. 31, 2007.
Additional orders of protection would follow in 2007, 2008 and 2009 in what one law enforcement official involved in the investigation of the murder-suicide called "a classic case of domestic violence gone bad."
In the final order of protection filed Jan. 6, 2009 - just days before the couple's divorce was finalized - Suzann Alexander described additional vehicle vandalism, with anti-freeze in her gas tank in November 2008. On Dec. 23, 2008, she said she awoke to him standing over her. He said he had guns with no serial numbers.
Suzann Alexander twice filed for divorce from Bernell Alexander, in 2007 and 2008. She sought dismissal of the first case, claiming they had reconciled. But the 2008 divorce case was completed in January 2009, with Suzann Alexander receiving sole custody of the couple's daughter, who was still a minor, and the family home at 406 Joliet Road in Marquette Heights.
Friends and family of the victim gathered Friday at the tidy tan ranch with a rustic wooden fence and a neat row of hostas around the base. They declined to comment.
As part of the divorce settlement, Bernell Alexander received a collection of Chicago Bears items, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle and his truck, among some other miscellaneous domestic items. He was ordered to pay $231.18 a week in child support.
Sources said Friday that Suzann Alexander had recently attempted to have Bernell Alexander's wages garnished, and that a letter was sent to or had arrived at the man's employer Thursday, though it was not immediately clear where he worked. Court records indicated he worked with water heaters and other appliances as part of his career.
If a letter to garnish wages had arrived, however, Bernell Alexander didn't betray any emotion over it a few hours before the slaying. He was a longtime friend and work-out companion of a third-shift Creve Coeur police sergeant and the two had met to lift weights together about 4:30 p.m. Bernell Alexander could reportedly bench press 350 pounds.
"He was joking around, was his usual self," Button said the sergeant told him about their interaction that afternoon.
Bernell Alexander previously had confided in the sergeant when domestic problems arose between him and Suzann Alexander, but no such discussion came up Thursday during the work out.
Five hours later, both had died as part of the most violent episode in Creve Coeur in recent memory and the most tragic ending to any domestic violence case. (PJ Star)
The violence that left 47-year-old Suzann K. Alexander dead at the hands of Bernell B. Alexander, 48, who afterward took his own life, ultimately may have been precipitated by a child support issue that was resolved earlier in the day when an order to garnish wages was sent to the ex-husband's employer.
Both died in plain view of a horrified public. Bernell Alexander came to the Dairy Queen in Creve Coeur's business district on Illinois Route 29 about 9 p.m. and began harassing his ex-wife as she worked the drive-through window. After that confrontation, he entered the business through the back door.
Bernell Alexander grabbed his wife and began beating her, throwing her to the ground as at least one employee attempted to tear him off his victim. He ended the struggle by pulling a gun and firing several times at close range into Suzann Alexander's face and chest. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
"It's obvious there was a lot of rage involved with this incident," said Creve Coeur Police Chief Mike Button.
Bernell Alexander fled in his truck to South Peoria. He was followed by a Dairy Queen customer, who assisted Peoria police in blocking Bernell Alexander's escape as a squad car attempted to pull him over near South Western Avenue and West Ann Street.
Bernell Alexander shot himself there, and his vehicle veered out of control and hit a tree at 9:25 p.m., ending a brief spasm of domestic violence that has roots reaching back to at least 1997.
Bernell and Suzann Alexander had been together since at least 1990, when their first daughter was born. A second daughter was born two years later, though the couple did not wed until Oct. 19, 1996.
Almost exactly a year later, on Oct. 13, 1997, Bernell Alexander shoved and struck his wife in the face, also leaving red marks on her neck and breaking her necklace, according to Tazewell County court records.
He pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of domestic battery with bodily harm and received a year of probation. But his probation was revoked in September 1998 after he again shoved Suzann Alexander, this time in front of their daughters.
She filed for her first order of protection against him at that time, and his probation was extended until January 1999. He successfully completed the sentence and his probation was terminated.
No further criminal charges resulted from fights between the couple, but Suzann Alexander filed for four more orders of protection over the next decade, before they were divorced.
Suzann Alexander's descriptions of harassment, threats and vandalism to her vehicles and home in those documents paint a disturbing picture of a man who on Thursday followed through with remarks he had made several times in the past.
In an order of protection filed in October 2006, Suzann Alexander claimed her then-husband keyed her car twice, put sugar in the gas tank and threatened to beat her and suffocate her with a pillow while she slept. On Oct. 30, 2006, she claimed he broke off the front door knobs of their home, then broke into the home through a back window and threatened to beat her and kill another man.
She filed for the order the next day. In that instance, Suzann Alexander followed through with maintenance of the order after the initial emergency period expired, and Bernell Alexander was ordered to stay away from her until Jan. 31, 2007.
Additional orders of protection would follow in 2007, 2008 and 2009 in what one law enforcement official involved in the investigation of the murder-suicide called "a classic case of domestic violence gone bad."
In the final order of protection filed Jan. 6, 2009 - just days before the couple's divorce was finalized - Suzann Alexander described additional vehicle vandalism, with anti-freeze in her gas tank in November 2008. On Dec. 23, 2008, she said she awoke to him standing over her. He said he had guns with no serial numbers.
Suzann Alexander twice filed for divorce from Bernell Alexander, in 2007 and 2008. She sought dismissal of the first case, claiming they had reconciled. But the 2008 divorce case was completed in January 2009, with Suzann Alexander receiving sole custody of the couple's daughter, who was still a minor, and the family home at 406 Joliet Road in Marquette Heights.
Friends and family of the victim gathered Friday at the tidy tan ranch with a rustic wooden fence and a neat row of hostas around the base. They declined to comment.
As part of the divorce settlement, Bernell Alexander received a collection of Chicago Bears items, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle and his truck, among some other miscellaneous domestic items. He was ordered to pay $231.18 a week in child support.
Sources said Friday that Suzann Alexander had recently attempted to have Bernell Alexander's wages garnished, and that a letter was sent to or had arrived at the man's employer Thursday, though it was not immediately clear where he worked. Court records indicated he worked with water heaters and other appliances as part of his career.
If a letter to garnish wages had arrived, however, Bernell Alexander didn't betray any emotion over it a few hours before the slaying. He was a longtime friend and work-out companion of a third-shift Creve Coeur police sergeant and the two had met to lift weights together about 4:30 p.m. Bernell Alexander could reportedly bench press 350 pounds.
"He was joking around, was his usual self," Button said the sergeant told him about their interaction that afternoon.
Bernell Alexander previously had confided in the sergeant when domestic problems arose between him and Suzann Alexander, but no such discussion came up Thursday during the work out.
Five hours later, both had died as part of the most violent episode in Creve Coeur in recent memory and the most tragic ending to any domestic violence case. (PJ Star)
Saturday, June 12, 2010
PERVERTED AND TWISTED PASTOR GETS 19 YEARS FOR HIS CRIMES
An Aurora,Il. pastor has been sentenced to 19 years in prison this week, on two counts of felony predatory criminal sexual assault as well as aggravated criminal sexual abuse.Lee Palmer 63,was found guilty of engaging in indecent sexual acts with a female under the age of 13, over a period of two years-from September 2006 til September 2008 according to prosecutors.
Prosecutors also stated that the indecent acts took place in the perverted and twisted pastor's home and not in his church.On Friday Judge Thomas Mueller found that the suspect abused his position of authority and trust over the underage victim.
The Judge also sited on the suspect's denial of responsibilty for his actions,claiming the suspect told investigators that he was "Overcome by the demon of lust and the underage victim was asking for it".The sexually twisted pastor must serve 85 percent of his 19 year sentence and register as a sex offender for the rest of his life,according to prosecutors.
Prosecutors also stated that the indecent acts took place in the perverted and twisted pastor's home and not in his church.On Friday Judge Thomas Mueller found that the suspect abused his position of authority and trust over the underage victim.
The Judge also sited on the suspect's denial of responsibilty for his actions,claiming the suspect told investigators that he was "Overcome by the demon of lust and the underage victim was asking for it".The sexually twisted pastor must serve 85 percent of his 19 year sentence and register as a sex offender for the rest of his life,according to prosecutors.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
ELDERLY BABYSITTER IS ACCUSED OF MOLESTING A 5 YEAR OLD
An 89 year old Peoria man has been charged with one count of aggravated criminal sexual assault of a 5 year old girl,of whom he was babysitting.Warren Slonneger appeared before a Judge in Peoria County Circuit court last Thursday.
The suspect is accused of fondling the 5 year old child on May 24th according to police reports.The assaulted child's Mom called police immediately after her daughter revealed to her,the elderly pervert had touched her in an inappropriate area.He was ordered held on a $20,000 bond and a hearing is set for July 1st.
The suspect is accused of fondling the 5 year old child on May 24th according to police reports.The assaulted child's Mom called police immediately after her daughter revealed to her,the elderly pervert had touched her in an inappropriate area.He was ordered held on a $20,000 bond and a hearing is set for July 1st.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Woman Attacked At Her Home Over A Man...
A 17 year old Central Illinois woman was stabbed last thursday by an out of control 28 year old woman.Renee Nichols was arrested for aggravated battery.Shortly before 10:30 p.m.,The suspect and a group of her rowdy friends went to the victim's home and confronted her about an earlier dispute over an ex-boyfriend,according to police.
At some point the dispute turned violent and the 17 year old victim was stabbed and suffered cuts on both of her shoulders,that were determined to be non-life threatening.Another woman in the group was also arrested for criminal damage to property,after she jumped onto the hood of the victim's car and smashed the windshield with a baseball bat,according to police reports.
At some point the dispute turned violent and the 17 year old victim was stabbed and suffered cuts on both of her shoulders,that were determined to be non-life threatening.Another woman in the group was also arrested for criminal damage to property,after she jumped onto the hood of the victim's car and smashed the windshield with a baseball bat,according to police reports.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
LA POLICE FIND MAN'S SEVERED HEAD IN PARK
LOS ANGELES - Police searching a Long Beach park have found a severed head believed to be remains of a man killed and dismembered in a double murder-for-profit plot in Orange County.
Costa Mesa police Sgt. Patrick Wessel said Sunday that a coroner will officially determine whether the head recovered in the Saturday search is that of 26-year-old Samuel Herr.
Herr's neighbor Daniel Wozniak was charged with two counts of murder Friday for the death of Herr and his friend Juri Kibuishi.
Authorities allege Wozniak, a 26-year-old stage actor, shot Herr at a Los Alamitos military base and dismembered his body, leaving the torso at the base and the head and limbs in the Long Beach park.
Wozniak also is accused of shooting Kibuishi. Her body was found May 22.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com
Costa Mesa police Sgt. Patrick Wessel said Sunday that a coroner will officially determine whether the head recovered in the Saturday search is that of 26-year-old Samuel Herr.
Herr's neighbor Daniel Wozniak was charged with two counts of murder Friday for the death of Herr and his friend Juri Kibuishi.
Authorities allege Wozniak, a 26-year-old stage actor, shot Herr at a Los Alamitos military base and dismembered his body, leaving the torso at the base and the head and limbs in the Long Beach park.
Wozniak also is accused of shooting Kibuishi. Her body was found May 22.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com
Man Attacked From Behind Dies...
On Chicago's South Side a man was beaten and stabbed to death.A man is dead following a brutal stabbing and beating with a baseball bat, early Sunday on the South Side.The nineteen year old victim and a friend were walking together in the 3200 block of South Asland, when three male suspects approached the victim from behind and hit him in the head with a baseball bat and knocking him to the ground,according to police reports.
Police were notified and found the victim unconcious but were unable to interview the victim.The male companion that was walking with the victim, fled the scene and was not present,when police arrived,it is reported.However police were able to track him down thanks to eyewitnesses.
The victim was rushed to a local hospital, where a doctor also found two stab wounds to the back of his neck.Doctor's were unable to save the victim.The victim died at 5:42 a.m. during surgery.No arrests have been made.The case is still being investigated by police.
Police were notified and found the victim unconcious but were unable to interview the victim.The male companion that was walking with the victim, fled the scene and was not present,when police arrived,it is reported.However police were able to track him down thanks to eyewitnesses.
The victim was rushed to a local hospital, where a doctor also found two stab wounds to the back of his neck.Doctor's were unable to save the victim.The victim died at 5:42 a.m. during surgery.No arrests have been made.The case is still being investigated by police.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Suspected Chicago Serial Killer Arrested
A suspected Chicago Serial Killer has been arrested.He is suspected to have murdered at least three women in south Chicago by strangulation.Police say DNA lead to his arrest.Each victim was found (1 naked)and strangled to death in abandoned buildings.
The suspect is also accused of trying to strangle a fourth woman to death,but the victim got away and was able to indentify the suspect.
The very first victim was murdered in November 2008.The suspect was also spotted by police in one of the vacant building's where a victim was found.According to reports,there was also a fourth victim was found early in May of this year,and police believe the suspect may have murdered her too
All of the victims were African American.
The suspect is also accused of trying to strangle a fourth woman to death,but the victim got away and was able to indentify the suspect.
The very first victim was murdered in November 2008.The suspect was also spotted by police in one of the vacant building's where a victim was found.According to reports,there was also a fourth victim was found early in May of this year,and police believe the suspect may have murdered her too
All of the victims were African American.
Monday, May 24, 2010
GANG MEMBER FACES LIFE FOR PLAYGROUND MURDERS..
The first of six defendants on trial for the horrific 2007 execution-style slaying of three students at a Newark playground was convicted of murder Monday.
After just four hours of deliberations, the jury found Rodolfo Godinez, a Nicaraguan national who was one of six men and boys charged with the brutal slayings, guilty on all 17 charges.
Godinez, a reputed M-13 gang member, faces life in prison when he is sentenced on July 8.
The murders of Dashon Harvey, Iofemi Hightower, both 20, and Terrance Aeriel, 18, shocked Newark - and the nation - and led city officials to tighten gun tracing laws and install more security cameras.
"When I first found out my son was attacked and killed in a schoolyard playground, I blamed it on the parents" who don't teach children right from wrong, said Harvey's father, James Harvey.
"When you let them run astray, these are the types of things that can happen to any child," he said.
The three victims - all enrolled or about to be enrolled at Delaware State University - were found slumped against a wall of the playground, each having suffered a gunshot wound to the back of the head. Hightower and the survivor also were slashed with a machete.
A 19-year-old Delaware State University student survived the massacre. Her face partially paralyzed, she testified last month about being attacked with the knife, sexually assaulted and shot in the head.
"Somebody had their knee on my back, pulled my hair up and was trying to chop my neck off with a machete," she told the jury.
The six defendants in the case are being tried separately.
Attorney General Paula Dow called the Godinez' verdict "just one of six pieces of a cold-blooded puzzle, that shocked this city, this state, this nation three years ago."
Godinez's lawyer, Roy Greenman, had argued his client was at the scene but didn't take part in the attacks.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/
After just four hours of deliberations, the jury found Rodolfo Godinez, a Nicaraguan national who was one of six men and boys charged with the brutal slayings, guilty on all 17 charges.
Godinez, a reputed M-13 gang member, faces life in prison when he is sentenced on July 8.
The murders of Dashon Harvey, Iofemi Hightower, both 20, and Terrance Aeriel, 18, shocked Newark - and the nation - and led city officials to tighten gun tracing laws and install more security cameras.
"When I first found out my son was attacked and killed in a schoolyard playground, I blamed it on the parents" who don't teach children right from wrong, said Harvey's father, James Harvey.
"When you let them run astray, these are the types of things that can happen to any child," he said.
The three victims - all enrolled or about to be enrolled at Delaware State University - were found slumped against a wall of the playground, each having suffered a gunshot wound to the back of the head. Hightower and the survivor also were slashed with a machete.
A 19-year-old Delaware State University student survived the massacre. Her face partially paralyzed, she testified last month about being attacked with the knife, sexually assaulted and shot in the head.
"Somebody had their knee on my back, pulled my hair up and was trying to chop my neck off with a machete," she told the jury.
The six defendants in the case are being tried separately.
Attorney General Paula Dow called the Godinez' verdict "just one of six pieces of a cold-blooded puzzle, that shocked this city, this state, this nation three years ago."
Godinez's lawyer, Roy Greenman, had argued his client was at the scene but didn't take part in the attacks.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/
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