Elzbieta Plackowska

Judge: Murder suspect must be in court in jail garb for TV cameras

2013-01-11 14:48:00

A Darien man charged with killing a man who was dating his former girlfriend must appear in court for his arraignment, and he won’t get to appear in street clothes, a DuPage County judge ruled today. Joseph Spitalli, 34, will be wearing his orange...

Developments, elections, trials ahead in Naperville

2012-12-29 21:43:00

From murder trials to development decisions, some of the biggest headline-grabbers of 2012 are slated to continue into 2013. But there may be new faces debating some of those issues as local officials also are up for election in April. Here's a look at...

Naperville to increase social service funding

2012-12-21 13:08:00

Naperville plans to earmark more money for social service groups in the wake of the school shootings in Connecticut and the recent slayings of two local children. The money likely will come from the city's food and beverage tax, most of which...

Judge orders psych exam for babysitter charged with killing Naperville children

2012-11-13 18:00:00

A judge ordered a psychiatric evaluation Tuesday of the Naperville woman accused of murdering her young son and the little girl she was baby sitting. DuPage County prosecutors, anticipating a possible insanity defense, want to have a mental health expert...

New judge assigned in slayings of Naperville children

2012-11-02 16:51:00

A new judge has been assigned to hear the case of a Naperville woman accused of killing her 7-year-old son and a 5-year-old girl she had been watching. The attorney for Elzbieta Plackowska asked for a substitute to DuPage County Judge John Kinsella,...

Cameras in courtroom as babysitter pleads not guilty to slayings

2012-11-21 08:22:00

The public got its first look this morning at a Naperville woman since her arrest in the stabbing deaths of her 7-year-old son and a 5-year-old girl she was babysitting. Cameras were allowed inside a DuPage County courtroom as a handcuffed Elzbieta...

Aurora teen pleads not guilty in crash that killed classmate

2012-12-03 12:52:00

In a case that stunned the west suburban city, Elzbieta Plackowska has been charged with killing her 7-year-old son and a 5-year-old girl she was babysitting. Officials allege she stabbed her son 100 times and the 5-year-old girl 50 times.

2012-12-31 11:49:22

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Elzbieta Plackowska, who is charged with fatally stabbing her seven-year-old son and a five year-old girl she was babysitting, appears before DuPage County Judge Robert Kleeman during her arraignment in Wheaton, Ill.

2012-11-21 00:00:00

The public got its first look at a Naperville woman since her arrest in the stabbing deaths of her 7-year-old son and a 5-year-old girl she was babysitting.

2012-11-21 00:00:00

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