A South Side funeral home was sued today by a man who claims his mother's diamond wedding ring, cell phone and other jewelry were not returned after the funeral home processed his mother's body.
The Cook County Circuit Court lawsuit alleges Beatrice Weathers died in her home early Feb. 3, 2009, wearing her diamond wedding ring and other jewelry, and in possession of her cell phone.
Her body was removed by funeral home worker Bernard Slaughter Jr. of Slaughter and Son Funeral Directors at 2024 E. 75th St., and while the funeral home later returned some of the woman's personal effects, the ring, other jewelry and cell phone were never returned, the complaint alleges.
Weathers' son, Thomas, is the plaintiff. He claims he did not witness his mother's body being prepared before she was taken from the home, and Weathers' body was completely covered when it was taken to the funeral home.
The lawsuit alleges that about 45 phone calls were made from Weathers' cell phone after her death until the plaintiff had that phone turned off and had the number transferred.
Thomas Weathers said he has made multiple demands that all his mother's property be returned, but only a different cell phone, broken, was mailed to the plaintiff. The ring and jewelry are still missing, the complaint alleges.
The complaint claims that the ring had irreplaceable sentimental and substantial monetary value. The plaintiff is demanding damages in excess of $50,000.
Just after 7 p.m. today, Benita Slaughter, also named in the lawsuit, answered a business telephone listed under Slaughter and Son, and said she was not aware of the complaint filed. She said the office was closed and would not comment this evening.
Thomas Weathers, who lives in Bolingbrook, could not be reached today.---http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
GANG MEMBER PLEADS GUILTY IN PLEA BARGAIN TO MURDERING WOMAN IN FRONT OF HER CHILDREN..
Shortly before testimony was to begin in his trial, a reputed gang member pleaded guilty to the 2006 murder of a mother who was struck by a stray bullet in the Pilsen neighborhood in front of two of her children.
Alberto Colin, 26, was a reputed Satan Disciples member when he jumped out of a van and fired at a rival Bishops gang member in the 1800 block of South Wood Street.
The bullet instead struck Helen Coronado, 29, a mother of five, in the head as she was walking home from the grocery store with two of her children.
Prosecutors said Colin acted in retaliation because earlier that day several members of the Bishop gang humiliated him by slapping him in the face in front of his mother.
After Colin pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree murder, Judge Timothy Joyce sentenced him to 53 years in prison - which must be served in its entirety.
In exchange, prosecutors dropped more than a dozen other felony charges against him as well as two 2009 charges for possessing a homemade knife in jail while awaiting trial.
The plea deal came just minutes before a jury was scheduled to hear opening statements in the case. A jury had already been selected.
Coronado's family said they were pleased with the outcome.
"Fifty three years is a long time to serve in the penitentiary," said the victim's brother, Victor Coronado. "She (Helen Coronado) was the baby of the family, a happy-go lucky girl who was doing what she wanted to do. For her to be struck down by this senseless act of violence, it's unreal."
Colin's brother, David, 28, and co-defendant Fernando Ojeda, 22, are still awaiting trial. The brother drove Colin to and from the shooting, while Ojeda provided the weapon used in the shooting, prosecutors allege.--http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/
Alberto Colin, 26, was a reputed Satan Disciples member when he jumped out of a van and fired at a rival Bishops gang member in the 1800 block of South Wood Street.
The bullet instead struck Helen Coronado, 29, a mother of five, in the head as she was walking home from the grocery store with two of her children.
Prosecutors said Colin acted in retaliation because earlier that day several members of the Bishop gang humiliated him by slapping him in the face in front of his mother.
After Colin pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree murder, Judge Timothy Joyce sentenced him to 53 years in prison - which must be served in its entirety.
In exchange, prosecutors dropped more than a dozen other felony charges against him as well as two 2009 charges for possessing a homemade knife in jail while awaiting trial.
The plea deal came just minutes before a jury was scheduled to hear opening statements in the case. A jury had already been selected.
Coronado's family said they were pleased with the outcome.
"Fifty three years is a long time to serve in the penitentiary," said the victim's brother, Victor Coronado. "She (Helen Coronado) was the baby of the family, a happy-go lucky girl who was doing what she wanted to do. For her to be struck down by this senseless act of violence, it's unreal."
Colin's brother, David, 28, and co-defendant Fernando Ojeda, 22, are still awaiting trial. The brother drove Colin to and from the shooting, while Ojeda provided the weapon used in the shooting, prosecutors allege.--http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/
YOUNG BOY FOUND DEAD IN TEXAS WOODS
Investigators are following up on every lead but have not yet been able to identify a little boy, dubbed Wylie's Angel, whose dead body was abandoned near a Collin County pond last week.
Police have released a sketch of the boy.
That's also when Malorie Martinez started a Facebook page called "Wylie's Angel to get the boy's image distributed as widely as possible.
"I wanted to get his face to go national so that maybe an aunt or a close family member might see him," said Martinez, 20, of Dallas, who works with special-needs children and said the case deeply affected her. "I want somebody who knows him and loves him to have that closure."
Martinez said the rapidly growing online community, which has thousands of members, is planning a candlelight vigil from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at East Fork Park to honor the boy.
Wylie police say the boy, found just after 9 a.m. Thursday on federal land south of Lavon Lake, was about 6 years old. He was about 3-foot-3 and weighed 28 pounds. He appears to have had "significant medical needs" and showed signs of having a feeding tube, police say. Autopsy results have not been released. --http://www.dallasnews.com/
Police have released a sketch of the boy.
That's also when Malorie Martinez started a Facebook page called "Wylie's Angel to get the boy's image distributed as widely as possible.
"I wanted to get his face to go national so that maybe an aunt or a close family member might see him," said Martinez, 20, of Dallas, who works with special-needs children and said the case deeply affected her. "I want somebody who knows him and loves him to have that closure."
Martinez said the rapidly growing online community, which has thousands of members, is planning a candlelight vigil from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at East Fork Park to honor the boy.
Wylie police say the boy, found just after 9 a.m. Thursday on federal land south of Lavon Lake, was about 6 years old. He was about 3-foot-3 and weighed 28 pounds. He appears to have had "significant medical needs" and showed signs of having a feeding tube, police say. Autopsy results have not been released. --http://www.dallasnews.com/
POLICE WON'T RELEASE PHOTOS TAKEN BY CALIFORNIA SERIAL KILLER...
The NYPD Cold Case Squad is sitting on hundreds of old pictures of unidentified young women snapped by a notorious California serial killer - and some could be his victims.
The photos, taken in the late 1970s by sicko Rodney Alcala, were sent to the NYPD by the Huntington Beach Police Department in case they could help solve old missing persons cases.
"They should be released. There are people who will identify their missing loved ones," said retired Huntington Beach detective Steve Mack, who worked the Alcala case until 2008.
Alcala, 66, is on Death Row in California after he was convicted of strangling four women and a 12-year-old girl there. He lived in New York City off and on during the 1970s.
Some estimate he may have killed more than 100 women and girls before his 1979 arrest - luring them by asking them to pose for his camera.
He is a suspect in two New York City murders, including the slaying of 23-year-old TWA stewardess Cornelia Michel Crilley, who was raped and strangled in her E. 83rd St. apartment in June 1971. DNA tests on saliva found at the scene matched Alcala.
Alcala, a photographer who studied film under Roman Polanski and has a genius-level IQ of 160, had 1,000 pictures of unidentified women and girls in a storage locker when arrested. Many are suggestive.
Cops wondered how many of the women were still alive.
The photos were kept quiet until he was sentenced to death last month. "We needed an unbiased jury," Mack said.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/
The photos, taken in the late 1970s by sicko Rodney Alcala, were sent to the NYPD by the Huntington Beach Police Department in case they could help solve old missing persons cases.
"They should be released. There are people who will identify their missing loved ones," said retired Huntington Beach detective Steve Mack, who worked the Alcala case until 2008.
Alcala, 66, is on Death Row in California after he was convicted of strangling four women and a 12-year-old girl there. He lived in New York City off and on during the 1970s.
Some estimate he may have killed more than 100 women and girls before his 1979 arrest - luring them by asking them to pose for his camera.
He is a suspect in two New York City murders, including the slaying of 23-year-old TWA stewardess Cornelia Michel Crilley, who was raped and strangled in her E. 83rd St. apartment in June 1971. DNA tests on saliva found at the scene matched Alcala.
Alcala, a photographer who studied film under Roman Polanski and has a genius-level IQ of 160, had 1,000 pictures of unidentified women and girls in a storage locker when arrested. Many are suggestive.
Cops wondered how many of the women were still alive.
The photos were kept quiet until he was sentenced to death last month. "We needed an unbiased jury," Mack said.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/
IDIOT DAD THROWS HIS 9 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER OUT OF THE CAR ONTO THE ROAD...
SANTA CRUZ - A Santa Cruz County man faces multiple felony charges for allegedly throwing his infant daughter out of his car and into the lanes of a highway.
Prosecutors say 23-year-old Erik Johnston was driving his car on April 1 when he became angry and pulled over along Highway 9. The Boulder Creek man allegedly grabbed his 9-month-old daughter by the arm and threw her more than 20 feet onto the roadway.
Prosecutors say the mother quickly retrieved the child and was ordered by Johnston to get back into the car.
A person who partially witnessed the incident called the sheriff's office.
Authorities say the child suffered cuts to her mouth, stomach, sides and legs when she landed on the road.
Johnston is due back in court next week to face charges including domestic battery, child endangerment and false imprisonment.---http://www.dailybreeze.com/
Prosecutors say 23-year-old Erik Johnston was driving his car on April 1 when he became angry and pulled over along Highway 9. The Boulder Creek man allegedly grabbed his 9-month-old daughter by the arm and threw her more than 20 feet onto the roadway.
Prosecutors say the mother quickly retrieved the child and was ordered by Johnston to get back into the car.
A person who partially witnessed the incident called the sheriff's office.
Authorities say the child suffered cuts to her mouth, stomach, sides and legs when she landed on the road.
Johnston is due back in court next week to face charges including domestic battery, child endangerment and false imprisonment.---http://www.dailybreeze.com/
Police Are Searching For a 16 year old teenaged girl who suffers from depression and has been missing since March 24th...
Police are seeking the public’s help in locating a missing 16-year-old girl who suffers from depression and who was last seen Mar. 24 at Mather High School in the West Ridge neighborhood.
Unique M. Colon, 16, was last seen Mar. 24 at Mather High School at the intersection of North California Avenue and West Peterson Avenue, according to a police News Affairs release.
No home address was listed on the release.
Colon, who also goes by the nickname “Niky,” is described as a 5-foot-1, 125-pound Hispanic girl with brown eyes, black hair and an olive complexion, the release said.
She has a tattoo of four purple stars on the left side of her torso and was last seen wearing a grey top and grey jogging pants with a peach shirt.
Colon suffers from depression, according to the release.
Colon is known to frequent the areas near Clark Street and Ashland Avenue, Kedzie Avenue and Wellington Avenue, Belmont Avenue and Pulaski Road, and Peterson Avenue and Western Avenue, the release said.
Anyone with information on Colon’s whereabouts is asked to contact Belmont Area detectives at (312) 744- 8200.---http://www.suntimes.com/
Unique M. Colon, 16, was last seen Mar. 24 at Mather High School at the intersection of North California Avenue and West Peterson Avenue, according to a police News Affairs release.
No home address was listed on the release.
Colon, who also goes by the nickname “Niky,” is described as a 5-foot-1, 125-pound Hispanic girl with brown eyes, black hair and an olive complexion, the release said.
She has a tattoo of four purple stars on the left side of her torso and was last seen wearing a grey top and grey jogging pants with a peach shirt.
Colon suffers from depression, according to the release.
Colon is known to frequent the areas near Clark Street and Ashland Avenue, Kedzie Avenue and Wellington Avenue, Belmont Avenue and Pulaski Road, and Peterson Avenue and Western Avenue, the release said.
Anyone with information on Colon’s whereabouts is asked to contact Belmont Area detectives at (312) 744- 8200.---http://www.suntimes.com/
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