Opening statements begin in trial for man accused of killing 11-year-old boy defending his pregnant mom

Neighbor testifies about finding 11-year-old Jayden Perkins stabbed to death. 'This is not happening.'

Lilliam Rodriguez still remembers the horror of what she found when she answered her neighbor’s desperate cries.Cracking open the door of the Edgewater apartment, she saw a 5-year-old child standing, crying, asking for help.Then she saw the child’s mother, Laterria Smith, bleeding from her neck. Smith’s 11-year-old son, Jayden Perkins, was lying on the ground, fatally wounded by a knife.Rodriguez was the first person to respond to the crime scen…

‘This is not happening’: Neighbor describes apartment horror at Crosetti Brand trial

The first thing Lilliam Rodriguez saw when she slowly pushed open the apartment door was a little boy, around 5, standing still while crying. Then, the full horror of the scene unfolded before her. The boy’s mother was bleeding from the neck and his brother was on the ground near the door. Rodriguez lived across a hallway from the family in the 5900 block of North Ravenswood Avenue in Edgewater. She got home around 7:45 a.m. on March 13, 2024 an…

Murder trial for Chicago man accused of slaying 11-year-old boy begins

The man accused of fatally stabbing 11-year-old Jayden Perkins appeared in court for the start of his trial this week.

Man accused of killing boy trying to protect pregnant mom in Edgewater representing self in trial

The trial continued on Monday for the man accused of killing an 11-year-old boy as he tried to protect his mom in Edgewater.

Former Headland cop accused of killing pregnant wife’s unborn child during fight heading to trial this summer

DOTHAN, Ala (WDHN) -- A former police officer accused of attacking his wife and causing her to miscarry could face a jury of his peers this summer after several delays. Court records show Robert Allen Maddox will appear before a jury and Judge John Steensland on Monday, June 9, at the Houston County Courthouse. Maddox is facing one count of manslaughter after investigators claimed Maddox threw his now ex-wife to the floor of their home during a …