Elgin cold case • Family jailed in Mexico • Man found shot in burning home
These are the top stories in Fox 32's Week in Review.
It has been an international nightmare for two American citizens who are stuck in a Mexican jail for a dispute over a time-share for 21 days.
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A 62-year-old grandmother was killed while having an overnight "conjugal visit" with her convicted murderer husband at a California prison, according to reports. David Brinson, 54, was found guilty of killing four men in 1993 and was sentenced to life in prison without parole, court records show.
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More than 40 years after an Elgin woman went missing without a trace, a stunning discovery could be the answer to her mysterious disappearance. Officials confirmed late Tuesday night that skeletal remains were found in Karen Schepers' submerged vehicle, which was recovered from the Fox River hours earlier.
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A Texas grandfather is dead after getting caught in the crossfire while buying food at a popular restaurant chain as his family reportedly waited outside. The shooting happened earlier this week at a McDonald's location in Katy, Texas, which is just outside of Houston.
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A man was found shot to death inside a home that had been set on fire Saturday morning in the Hyde Park neighborhood. Fire crews extinguished the blaze and later discovered 47-year-old Boyd "BJ" Jarrell, who was unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the head. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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A 25-year-old Hobart man who was reported missing on Monday has been found dead, according to police. Nathaniel Betz was discovered Monday night at Jerry Pavese Park, just hours after police asked for the public's help in locating him.
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A Chicago man was arrested after allegedly leading police in DuPage County on a high-speed chase and then trying to elude officers on foot last Friday.
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A birthday celebration at a Near North Side restaurant took a shameless turn when three women dined, dashed, and bragged about it online. Chicago police are now investigating the incident.
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A man is dead and a woman is critically injured Sunday night in a two-car crash on Chicago's Southwest Side, police said. A black sedan and a silver sedan were traveling north when the silver sedan attempted to merge from the outer lane to the inner lane, according to police.
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A man and a woman were killed and four other people were injured in a two-vehicle crash early Wednesday near Midway Airport, authorities said.
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Report of shooter at Villanova University was 'cruel hoax,' president says
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