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John Apelgren, 80, hit sex worker Eileen Cotter in the face and throttled her before throwing her body out of his car, the Old Bailey heard.

An 80-year-old man has been jailed for manslaughter after strangling a young woman nearly half a century ago. John Apelgren has been convicted after h...

John Apelgrens DNA was flagged as a match in the historical case when he was cautioned for assaulting his third wife in 2019.

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Photo caption: (clockwise top left) Anne Pramaggiore, Mike McClain, John Hooker and Jay Doherty

The suspension against McClain, a top confidant of former House Speaker Michael Madigan, may not hold since his crimes occurred years after his time in office.

Ex-ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore, former ComEd lobbyist Mike McClain, retired ComEd executive John Hooker and ex-City Club of Chicago president and former ComEd consultant Jay Doherty were each charged more than two years ago with bribery conspiracy, bribery and willfully falsifying the company’s books.

CHICAGO — A federal jury on Tuesday convicted the “ComEd Four” defendants of the lead charge alleging they conspired to bribe Illinois Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan to win his

Prosecutors alleged they gave Madigan allies jobs and contracts at the utility in exchange for an easier path for ComEd-supported legislation in Springfield.

The verdict comes after a trial that went on for more than six weeks – and involved evidence in the form of emails, video recordings, and wiretapped phone calls.