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Sergio Velasquez Fuentes, charged with First Degree Murder (SOURCE: Palatine Police Department)

Murder Suspect Convicted and Sentenced After Shooting and Killing Victim in House on Hicks Rd, Palatine

Wed Jan 21, 2026 06:50 pm Cardinal News

The Palatine Police Department on Wednesday, January 21, 2026 announced a final update in a homicide investigation ongoing since the shooting death of a woman at a house on Hicks Road between Dundee Road and […]

Jurors and Family React to Life Sentence Ruling for Colorado Theater Shooter James Holmes

Sun Aug 9, 2015 03:16 pm Cardinal News

Colorado theater shooter James Holmes will be sentenced to life in prison without parole after a jury failed to agree Friday on whether he should get the death penalty for his murderous attack on a […]

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