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Vernon Hills Couple Daniel Baker, Kristina Aksman Arrested in Montana

Daniel Baker, 21, and his girlfriend, Kristina Aksman, 20, were arrested Monday after a short pursuit of the missing Nissan Rouge on Highway 2 in Montana. The Nissan Rouge was clocked going 84 mph in a 70 mph zone on Highway 2, east of Glacier National Park in Montana. The two will be extradited to Illinois, where Daniel Baker is expected to face murder charges in the death of Marina Aksman of Vernon Hills. Map […] […]

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Eduardo Garcia, Rolling Meadows Teen, Stabbed and Killed in Palatine

Palatine police and firefighter/paramedics responded to report about 6:15 p.m. Thursday of a person stabbed in the 1600 block of Baldwin Road. Police found Eduardo Garcia stabbed. Paramedics transported Eduardo Garcia to Level I Trauma Center Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, where he was pronounced dead about 7 p.m. Thursday. A preliminary investigation by […] […]

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Former Naperville Resident Chelsea King, 17, Missing from Running Trail in California

Chelsea King, a senior at Poway High School, has not been seen since she was apparently running at a running trail at Rancho Bernardo Community Park in San Diego. Chelsea King’s parents reported her missing on February 25 after the she failed to return home after running at a community park. Her family discovered her belongings (cell phone and iPod) in her 1994 BMW parked at the wooded area later in the night after it was realized she was missing. […]

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Crimes Notebook

Melissa Bridgewater Shot, Killed Near Spring and Harger Road in Oak Brook

Map looking North on Spring Road toward the crime scene in Oak Brook, Illinois.

Oak Brook police responded about 6:15 a.m. Friday, New Year’s Day to report of shots fired near Spring and Harger Roads in Oak Brook. When police arrived to the area just east of Oak Brook Shopping Center, they found a female in a vehicle with a gunshot wound.

Melissa Bridgewater, 45, was shot in her car. She was leaving the Doubletree Hotel at 1909 Spring Road when she was shot by an unknown offender. The victim’s ex-husband, Jerry L. Hudson, 48, has been declared by police as a person of interest wanted for questioning in the case. […]