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>> she was brave. she was incredibly brave. why didnt i know that she needed me and that she was alone and that she was hurt? nothing was the same after that. nothing. >> they found her at the soccer field. the straight arrow student killed by a single bullet. >> i just hit the floor. >> i remember the pain. every time i talk about it the pain comes rushing back. >> that someone would shoot my child. like, why? >> this is a small town whodunit. >> oh, yeah we were afraid. >> what had h...

>> oh, yeah we were afraid. >> what had happened that night? was the answer somewhere in her circle of friends? >> were trying to find out why! >> i would never hurt halee. >> they came and talked to me. it was four fbi agents. >> hes there. hes got a gun. >> how could it not have been him? >> then a secret spills out in court! >> thats a bombshell. >> that definitely was. >> i felt like i had gotten my heart ripped out. >> for that mother to get on that stand. it was absolute silence....

>> this is a small town whodunit. >> oh, yeah we were afraid. >> what had happened that night? was the answer somewhere in her circle of friends? >> were trying to find out why! >> i would never hurt halee. >> they came and talked to me. it was four fbi agents. >> hes there. hes got a gun. >> how could it not have been him? >> then a secret spills out in court! >> thats a bombshell. >> that definitely was. >> i felt like i had gotten my heart ripped out. >> for that mother to get on th...

every time i talk about it the pain comes rushing back. >> that someone would shoot my child. like, why? >> reporter: this is a small town whodunit. >> oh, yeah we were afraid. >> reporter: what had happened that night? was the answer somewhere in her circle of friends? >> were trying to find out why! >> i would never hurt halee. >> they came and talked to me. it was four fbi agents. >> hes there. hes got a gun. >> reporter: how could it not have been him? then a secret spills out in c...

The following persons were arrested by the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office between Dec. 25 and 31.

The NIU Jazz Orchestra held its second concert this semester on Thursday in preparation for the Jack Rudin Jazz Championship that the group was invited to participate in. The Rudin Championship is an invitational competition that Jazz at Lincoln Center hosts. Every year, ten college bands across America are selected to perform in the championship...

The NIU Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Orchestra held their first concert of the fall semester on Thursday.  Led by professor Rodrigo Villanueva Conroy and graduate teaching assistant Austyn Menk, the Jazz Ensemble started the concert with “Hay Burner,” a chart by Sammy Nestico. “I missed the music,” said Tim Schultz, a DeKalb resident. Schultz came...

By Millicent Accardi Professor and writer David Oliveira, an American poet of Portuguese descent, is a native of the San Joaquin Valley in California,

>> she knew information about the suspicious circumstances of jackson wheelers death. he and jordan were the last two people to see halee, other than isaiah, we believe based on the information that we were provided in discovery. and it just seemed curious to us that for some reason they werent pursued. >> and according to the defense, there was other evidence that showed isaiah could not have killed halee. after halees cell phone stopped sending a signal just before 11:30 on the night she died,...

And thats just gonna trump everything else? "this guys lying. why should i believe him that he didnt kill her? " >> thats a hard one to overcome. but we had no confession, first and foremost. isaiah never said anything like, "i killed halee rathgeber. " >> so if isaiah didnt kill halee, who did? the defense pointed to thaddeus rice the man investigators had now charged with the murder of 10-month-old jackson. thaddeus pleased not guilty, had he been worried halee had evidence against him? >> she...