Sometimes a crime is committed much closer to home than most of us are comfortable with. Occasionally, that crime is murder. This week, Janelle and Vicky look at two cases from from small towns, and the impact those cases had on the communities involved.
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Research links:
Lake & Mchenry County Scanner – “New graphic details, including transcripts of police interviews, made public in AJ Freund’s murder”
Chicago Tribune – “‘She knew there was all this evidence against her.’ JoAnn Cunningham pleads guilty to murder in beating death of 5-year-old son AJ Freund of Crystal Lake.”
Chicago Tribune – “The untold story of AJ Freund’s tragically short life: A time of hope. A violent death”
Chicago Tribune – AJ Freund saga
North West Herald – “Judge allows cameras in courtroom for Andrew Freund Sr.’s case, marking 1st case in McHenry County”
Chicago Tribune – “AJ Freund taken at birth…”
CNN – “A cell phone video led to father’s confession in the killing of 5-year-old AJ Freund, police say”
ABC News – “Report: 123 children died in 2019 despite contact with DCFS”
Morbidology – “Who killed Georgia Crews?”
Orlando Sentinel – “Murder of 12-year-old Lake County girl remains unsolved 35 years later”
ClickOrlando – “New evidence emerges in cold case disappearance and murder”
Daytona Beach Morning Journal – “Murdered Girl’s Body Found”
Orlando Sentinel – “Unsolved Slaying Still Haunts Town”
