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A judge is hearing closing arguments in the case against two former DCFS employees charged in connection with the death of A.J. Freund.

A judge convicted a former state child welfare worker Friday of child endangerment in connection with the 2019 beating death of a 5-year-old suburban Chicago...

The defense will present its case Friday in the trial of former Illinois DCFS workers , accused of child endangerment in the A.J. Freund case.

CHICAGO — Two former child welfare workers declined to testify Friday in their trial on charges they failed to protect 5-year-old A.J. Freund before his death at the hands of his mother in Crystal Lake in 2019. Carlos Acosta, a former investigator for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, and his supervisor, Andrew Polovin, both declined to tell their side of the story, as ...

A rare scene is playing out this week in a McHenry County courtroom, as two former DCFS workers are on trial following the death of 5-year-old AJ Freund.

The trial of former Illinois DCFS workers Carlos Acosta and Andrew Polovin in the A.J. Freund case will continue Wednesday.

The trial of former Illinois DCFS workers Carlos Acosta and Andrew Polovin in the A.J. Freund case will continue Tuesday.

Two former DCFS workers involved in the A.J> Freund case went on trial Monday for child endangerment.

Two former Illinois child welfare workers who investigated allegations of abuse involving a 5-year-old boy who was later beaten to death will face a bench trial...

JoAnn Cunningham, 39, of Crystal Lake, claimed in her petition for post-conviction relief that she did not receive adequate counsel. She claimed to have been seeing demons and believed her son was possessed by a demon, and said she sought an exorcism from a priest, a chaplain and AJ’s father.