Chicago, IL
AJ Freund murder: JoAnn Cunningham challenges conviction in beating death of 5-year-old son
The video featured is from a earlier report.
JoAnn Cunningham, 39, of Crystal Lake, claimed in her petition for post-conviction reduction that she didn’t obtain sufficient counsel. She claimed to have been seeing demons and believed her son was possessed by a demon, and stated she sought an exorcism from a priest, a chaplain and AJ’s father, Andrew Freund, The Northwest Herald reported.
McHenry County Decide Robert Wilbrandt, who sentenced Cunningham, stated Friday he has 90 days to determine whether or not the post-conviction petition has advantage. If reduction is granted, it may end in Cunningham’s responsible plea and sentence being put aside and a date may very well be set for a brand new trial.
If Wilbrandt finds her claims are warranted, he then would assign Cunningham an lawyer and permit prosecutors to offer their enter, the decide stated throughout a listening to Friday.
On the time of AJ’s demise, Cunningham was pregnant and she or he gave delivery to a daughter whereas within the McHenry County Jail. That youngster and one other son, who was about two years youthful than AJ, had been positioned into foster care. Cunningham is incarcerated on the Logan Correctional Middle in Lincoln.
Andrew Freund, 63, pleaded responsible to involuntary manslaughter, aggravated battery of a kid and concealment of a homicidal demise. He was sentenced to 30 years in jail and is incarcerated on the Illinois River Correctional Middle in Canton.
Authorities have stated that on April 15, 2019, Cunningham grew to become offended along with her son when she discovered dirty underwear he tried to cover. He died after she compelled the kid to face in a chilly bathe for at the least 20 minutes, hit him within the head with the bathe head, then put him to mattress chilly, moist and bare, in keeping with authorities.
His physique was discovered wrapped in plastic and hid in a shallow grave close to the household’s residence in Crystal Lake.
PREVIOUS COVERAGE
AJ Freund: Crystal Lake residence of murdered boy demolished
Sentencing date set for JoAnn Cunningham, mom of AJ Freund
JoAnn Cunningham, mom of slain Crystal Lake boy AJ Freund, pleads responsible to homicide
McHenry County commissioner amongst 2 DCFS employees sued in AJ Freund case
Andrew ‘AJ’ Freund’s abuse repeatedly reported to DCFS, lawsuit alleges
Crystal Lake group holds memorial stroll to honor AJ Freund’s birthday
Efforts underway to tear down Crystal Lake residence of AJ Freund: Report
Andrew Freund, father of Crystal Lake boy AJ Freund, deemed mentally match for trial in son’s demise
Wrongful demise lawsuit could also be filed in opposition to DCFS for dealing with of AJ Freund case
Prosecutors search to terminate parental rights of couple charged in AJ Freund’s demise
Murdered Crystal Lake boy AJ Freund’s mother and father in courtroom Tuesday
Murdered boy AJ Freund’s mother provides delivery in custody
Andrew ‘AJ’ Freund’s foster household releases assertion: ‘AJ was liked by us’
AJ Freund demise: Dad and mom of 5-year-old Crystal Lake boy seem in courtroom Monday
Crystal Lake boy AJ Freund funeral preparations introduced; DCFS releases timeline, 2 employees reassigned
Two youngster deaths two years aside have DCFS again on hotseat
AJ Freund reason for demise launched, mother and father bond set at $5M every for Joann Cunningham, Andrew Freund, Sr.
How did Crystal Lake police crack the case of AJ Freund?
‘He received a uncooked deal and God’s going to repair it’: Crystal Lake mourns AJ Freund after physique discovered
Lacking Crystal Lake boy AJ Freund’s physique discovered; mother and father Joann Cunningham, Andrew Freund Sr. charged
Lacking Crystal Lake boy: 911 name reporting Andrew ‘AJ’ Freund, 5, lacking, police historical past with household launched
Lacking Crystal Lake boy Andrew ‘AJ’ Freund: Father continues search, mom pleads for boy’s, 5, return
Search continues for lacking 5-year-old Crystal Lake boy, father vows personal investigation
Crystal Lake group holds vigil for lacking boy to “mild the way in which for AJ”
Lacking Crystal Lake boy Andrew ‘AJ’ Freund: Boy, 5, didn’t depart residence on foot, police say
Crystal Lake boy lacking: FBI joins seek for 5-year-old Andrew ‘AJ’ Freund
Crystal Lake residence of murdered boy demolished
Copyright © 2022 by The Related Press. All Rights Reserved.
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/shawmedia/Y6V4AGRTSN4Y5JPHWQNFOJKBKQ.jpg "Water, sun and fun at northern Illinois parks")
FILE photograph: View of the Chicago Hearth Division, the third largest municipal hearth division in america of America, within the Chinatown neighborhood on Sept. 24, 2014.
Shutterstock
CHICAGO (WLS) — Chicago hearth officers mentioned two ladies have been discovered lifeless in an Englewood house after a home hearth.
The fireplace broke out Tuesday night at a home within the 7200-block of South Wolcott, Chicago hearth officers mentioned.
The fireplace was struck out at about 9:10 p.m., CFD mentioned.
After the fireplace was out, firefighters discovered two grownup feminine victims lifeless within the wreckage.
It was not instantly clear if the ladies died within the hearth or earlier than the fireplace. No additional particulars have been launched.
The Chicago Hearth Division has not but commented on any potential causes for the fireplace or mentioned in the event that they consider it was suspicious.
Copyright © 2022 WLS-TV. All Rights Reserved.
HIGHLAND PARK, Ailing. (WLS) — Three ladies and their households had been good strangers up till the second tragedy introduced them collectively within the aftermath of Highland Park’s July 4th parade.
As Thanksgiving approaches, they’re united in goal and in gratitude for probably the most primary of all issues: life.
“I believed I used to be going to die,” Highland Park capturing survivor Liz Turnipseed mentioned. “That I used to be going to put there and I used to be going to bleed out and I used to be going to die.”
WATCH | Highland Park capturing survivor tells her story
“I used to be on the parade with my three grownup kids, my son-in-law and my 2-year-old grand child,” mentioned Debra Baum, with the Highland Park Gun Violence Mission. “Our complete household may have been worn out.”
“July third I had 70 folks at my home and the following day our life bought flipped the other way up,” capturing survivor Lindsay Hartman mentioned. “So I simply know for me, I am attempting to take pleasure in it and never spend an excessive amount of time previously.”
SEE ALSO | Highland Park parade capturing short-term memorial opens subsequent to metropolis corridor
For Lindsay, not spending an excessive amount of time previously means internet hosting Thanksgiving for 30. Liz, who was one of many almost 50 folks injured that day, nonetheless wants a cane to get round, so she’ll be catering the meal and having her complete household fly in. Debra shall be coming along with the identical household she was with on July 4.
“There are numerous households in Highland Park that do not have folks with them this Thanksgiving due to what occurred,” Baum mentioned. “It is a very weighty realization.”
However there’s additionally gratitude for random issues and other people, like for the proper strangers who took in Liz’s 3-year-old daughter for a few hours after she was shot. And the neighbor she’d by no means met earlier than who lent her a step stool for her mattress.
Turning ache into goal is what unites these ladies now as they foyer for an assault weapons ban in Congress. As a result of whereas life for them won’t ever be the identical, it does transfer on.
Copyright © 2022 WLS-TV. All Rights Reserved.
WASHINGTON D.C. — The Biden administration is but once more extending the pause on federal scholar mortgage funds, a profit that started in March 2020 to assist individuals who have been struggling financially because of the Covid-19 pandemic, a supply conversant in the plan mentioned.
The Division of Training will announce it’s extending the freeze one other six months with the primary funds due two months after June 30, the supply mentioned, until a Supreme Courtroom resolution on the president’s scholar mortgage aid program comes first.
The administration had beforehand mentioned the latest extension could be the final, and funds have been scheduled to restart in January.
However the administration had additionally meant for its scholar mortgage forgiveness program to start canceling as much as $20,000 in debt for low- and middle-income debtors earlier than January. This system has but to be carried out because it faces a number of authorized challenges.
This story is breaking and can be up to date.
Copyright © 2022 WABC-TV. All Rights Reserved.
What’s in Trump’s request to block sentencing in Stormy Daniels hush money case in NY?
Former St Louis prosecutor Kim Gardner spent hundreds of work hours on nursing degree, scathing audit finds
Why blue state policies are causing even more homelessness in America
New Orleans terrorist chose Bourbon Street for maximum carnage: timeline
New York City congestion pricing may begin as scheduled, judge rules
Colorado Rockies game no. 116 thread: Zac Gallen vs José Ureña
Why Marjorie Taylor Greene was ‘kicked out’ of the Freedom Caucus according to Rep. Buck
See it: Tesla crashes into Columbus convention center at 70 mph
Fox News Politics: Georgia the whole day through
Death of missing Oregon girl found in stream ruled homicide
What’s in Trump’s request to block sentencing in Stormy Daniels hush money case in NY?
Two Friends’ Rush to Save a Pacific Palisades Family Home From the Fire
Trump files emergency petition to Supreme Court to prevent sentencing in NY v. Trump
German politicians rebuke Trump over NATO defence spending demand
As winter storms strike, airlines scramble to de-ice planes and keep them flying
-
Business1 week agoThese are the top 7 issues facing the struggling restaurant industry in 2025
-
Culture1 week agoThe 25 worst losses in college football history, including Baylor’s 2024 entry at Colorado
-
Sports1 week agoThe top out-of-contract players available as free transfers: Kimmich, De Bruyne, Van Dijk…
-
Politics6 days agoNew Orleans attacker had 'remote detonator' for explosives in French Quarter, Biden says
-
Politics5 days agoCarter's judicial picks reshaped the federal bench across the country
-
Politics4 days agoWho Are the Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
-
Health3 days agoOzempic ‘microdosing’ is the new weight-loss trend: Should you try it?
-
World1 week agoIvory Coast says French troops to leave country after decades