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Promising Illinois Crime Victim Program Marred in Historic Problems
The Illinois Crime Victim Compensation Fund was set up to help cover the costs victims endure. But NBC 5 Investigates found most victims get nothing at all. We analyzed 10 years of claims and found far fewer people filing these claims each year, perhaps because the state is denying far more claims that it awards.
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Crime Victims Question Illinois Program Designed To Help Them
Illinois has a crime victim compensation program that can provide up to $27,000 of expenses for qualified crime victims. But NBC 5 Investigates analyzed every claim over the past 10 years, more than 42,000 claims, and we discovered the money the state is awarding victims has dropped sharply over the past 10 years
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Taped Interviews With Indiana Serial Killer Darren Vann Reveal More Potential Victims
In an Oct. 18, 2014, interview with police, Vann described his killings as “my mistakes” and told officers rages caused him to “go looking for an out.”
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What Happened to Jake Cefolia? Missing United Executive Case Still Unsolved, One Year Later
New information has surfaced in the disappearance of United Airlines executive Jake Cefolia. What happened at his suburban Chicago home right before he went missing? NBC 5 investigates.
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Infamous 1993 Bucktown Murderer Says He Deserves a Second Chance
It was a tragic murder case: the story of a rising prep school graduate who had everything to look forward to in his life. Instead Andrew Suh said he was tricked into a crime that ended one life and ruined his own.
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A Suburban Family's Personal Push for Veterinarian Suicide Awareness
A 2019 study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the death records of 11,620 veterinarians found males veterinarians were more than twice as likely to die by suicide than others in the general population.
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Stolen USPS Master Keys Pose Continued Threat to Chicago Apartment, Condo Owners
Through rain, sleet or snow, especially in the dead of night, they carry what appear to be U.S. postal keys, but they are not postal carriers. They are thieves using real and counterfeit keys to steal mail and people’s identities.
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Convicted ‘Runaway Doctor' Starts New Life After Prison, Leaving Former Patient Shocked
Former sinus surgeon Mark Weinberger was convicted of 22 counts of health care fraud in northwest Indiana in 2012. Now he’s out of prison and one of his patients says she can’t believe where Dateline and NBC 5 found him and what he’s doing now.
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‘Anger and Rage:' Search for Answers Continues in Brutal Slaying of Oak Park Attorneys
Warning: Details in this story are graphic and may be disturbing to some readers. It was a violent crime unlike any ever seen in Oak Park, a town known more for Frank Lloyd Wright architecture and Ernest Hemingway’s birthplace than brutal murder mysteries. On April 13, 2020, Thomas Johnson, 69, and his wife Leslie Jones, 67, were discovered dead in their…
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EXCLUSIVE: Kierra Coles Disappearance: Woman in Video Played Nationwide Wasn't Her, Mother Says
Karen Philips, the mother of missing U.S. postal employee Kierra Coles, said she prays every night for a good night’s sleep because she knows when she wakes up, her nightmare begins again. “It feels like a replay. Every day, the same feeling,” said Philips. “Day after day.” Philips’ daughter Kierra was three months pregnant when she suddenly disappeared in...
