JoAnn Cunningham, 36, pleaded guilty to murder in the April beating death of her five-year-old son AJ Freund on Thursday The mother of slain five-year-old AJ Freund has pleaded guilty to murder for beating him to death in April. JoAnn Cunningham, 36, entered the plea during a Thursday hearing at the McHenry County courthouse in Illinois. She faces 20 to 60 years in prison after making a deal with prosecutors to have additional assault charges dismissed. Cunningham and AJ's father, Andrew Freund were charged with first-degree murder and other crimes back in April. Prosecutors said AJ was beaten to death at the family's home in Crystal Lake on April 15, three days before his parents told police he'd disappeared from his bed in the middle of the night. A desperate weeklong search for the boy came to a tragic end when his body was found wrapped in plastic and buried in a shallow grave in Woodstock. An autopsy determined AJ died … [Read more...] about Mother of five-year-old AJ Freund pleads guilty to beating him to death and now faces 60 years in prison after initially telling cops he’d gone missing from his bed in middle of the night
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PICTURED: First victim of Pearl Harbor shooting as the gunman is named as 22-year-old sailor who opened fire with his service rifle then used a pistol to kill himself
Victim: Vincent Kapoi Jr. was killed. The shooter has not yet been pictured The US Navy sailor who opened fire at Pearl Harbor on Wednesday, killing two civilian employees working in the shipyard before turning the gun on himself, has been identified. Petty Officer Gabriel Romero, 22, was named on Thursday by anonymous military officials as the shooter. According to Fox, he opened fire with his M4 service rifle then used his M9 pistol to shoot himself. He killed 32-year-old Vincent Kapoi Jr. and one other civilian employee who is yet to be named before turning the gun on himself in an as-yet unexplained attack at 2.30pm. A third civilian who was shot by Romero was injured but is in the hospital recovering. It remains unclear what his motive for the attack was. Romero worked on the USS Columbia, a submarine that was in the dock for maintenance. Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam was placed on lock-down after the shooting at Drydock 2 around … [Read more...] about PICTURED: First victim of Pearl Harbor shooting as the gunman is named as 22-year-old sailor who opened fire with his service rifle then used a pistol to kill himself
Erin Molan looks very slender as she carries her one-year-old daughter Eliza in Sydney… six weeks after breaking her arm by falling down her staircase
She's had a tough few months, including a feud with fellow NRL commentator Andrew Johns and a nasty accident at her home in October. But Erin Molan appeared to be in a happier mood on Thursday, as she stepped out in Sydney with her one-year-old daughter, Eliza Ogilvy. The Nine sports reporter - who was no longer wearing a cast after breaking her arm six weeks ago - showed off her slender figure while carrying her child on her hip. On the mend: Channel Nine sports reporter Erin Molan stepped out in Sydney on Thursday, after recovering from a nasty fall in October that resulted in a broken arm Erin dressed casually for the outing in a patterned singlet and black shorts, which she paired with beige flip flops. RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Pretty in purple! Erin Molan makes a dazzling return to the... Mummy's little helper! Erin Molan's one-year-old daughter... Red hot! Downton Abbey's Joanne Froggatt wows in crimson... 'Get off me!' A … [Read more...] about Erin Molan looks very slender as she carries her one-year-old daughter Eliza in Sydney… six weeks after breaking her arm by falling down her staircase
R Kelly charged with paying bribe before marriage to 15-year-old Aaliyah
R Kelly is facing new bribery charges that appear to be related to his 1994 marriage to then 15-year-old R&B singer Aaliyah. A revised indictment unsealed in the federal court in Brooklyn accuses the 52-year-old singer of scheming with others to pay for a fake ID for someone identified only as "Jane Doe" on August 30, 1994. The fake ID was allegedly used to obtain a marriage license that listed her age as 18. A day later, Kelly married Aaliyah in a secret ceremony. The marriage was annulled months later because of her age. Aaliyah, whose full name was Aaliyah Dana Haughton, died in 2001 in a plane crash at age 22. Kelly's lawyer, Steven Greenberg, told ABC’s Good Morning America earlier this years that Kelly had "no idea" that Aaliyah was only 15 years old when they got married. Greenberg said at the time: "My understanding is that she did not claim to be 15, and in order to get married, she had to lie about her age." He ha said that the new indictment “does not appear … [Read more...] about R Kelly charged with paying bribe before marriage to 15-year-old Aaliyah
Six-year-old girl who beat brain tumour edges Stormzy for top spot in music download chart
A SIX-year-old girl who survived a brain tumour as a baby has edged out Stormzy for top spot in a music download chart. Lyra Cole and her aunt Jessie Hawkins covered the 1976 Christmas hit When A Child Is Born to raise cash “creatively” for Brain Tumour Research. Her aunt, Jessie said: “Lyra wanted to do something for YouTube so we picked a song and it was amazing for us. “It kind of took off from there and then we were in London recording the video. “We’ve always said from the beginning that we wanted to give something back.” Lyra’s mother, Ellie, said her daughter’s tumour had grown to the size of an orange before it was removed.MOST READ IN UK NEWSSPECS OFFENDER Medic secretly filmed sexual encounters with a camera hidden in his glasses THUMB OFF IT! Carpenter suing for £900k over mangled thumb pictured making OK sign on hols GENERATION RUDE Millennials won't give up seat on transport and are happy to queue jump … [Read more...] about Six-year-old girl who beat brain tumour edges Stormzy for top spot in music download chart