Suspect in fatal Joliet shooting of mother, 4-year-old in jail after hospital release, police say

Suspect in Joliet mother-son murder case appears in court

Joseph Johnson, 29, appeared in court on Monday for the murders of Joselynn Diaz-Garcia and her 4-year-old son, and is being held in custody pending trial.

Suspect in fatal Joliet shooting of mother, 4-year-old in jail after hospital release, police say

Joliet police said Joseph D. Johnson​, 29, was released from medical care at Loyola Medical Center in Maywood on Sunday morning.

Suspect charged after mother, 4-year-old son killed in Joliet

A suspect was arrested on murder charges in connection with a double homicide that left a woman and her 4-year-old son dead last month, authorities said. Joseph Johnson, 29, was charged with six counts of first-degree murder on Sunday after being released from Loyola University Medical Center, where he was treated for injuries sustained in the shooting, authorities said. Following his release, Johnson was taken to the Joliet Police Department fo…