Darien (DuPage, Illinois)

Borizov trial seen as successful test of cameras in state courtrooms

2013-05-18 00:00:00

Their deliberations completed, the jurors marched into the courtroom, and the judge asked if they had reached a verdict. The foreman said they had. Soon the clerk read from the signed verdict forms: "We, the jury, find Johnny Borizov guilty of first-...

Borizov guilty on all counts in Darien triple slayings

2013-05-15 05:16:00

A jury in DuPage County took about 21/2 hours Tuesday to find a Willow Springs man guilty of orchestrating the murders of three members of a Darien family in 2010. Johnny Borizov, 31, was found guilty of murder and solicitation in the slayings of...

Jane K. Wilson, 78

2013-05-14 15:32:00

Jane Key Wilson passed away peacefully at her home in South Orleans, Mass., on Friday, May 10, 2013. Janie is survived by her loving husband of 54 years, Frederick "Rick" Wilson of South Orleans; her three children, Cindy Wilson of Chicago, Ill.,...

Borizov draws rebukes from judge in DuPage murder trial

2013-05-10 17:19:00

Johnny Borizov’s day in court Friday ended the same way it began — with rebukes from the judge overseeing his trial on charges that he planned the 2010 murders of a Darien family and convinced a friend to carry out the crime. When the Willows...

Borizov rebuked by judge in murder trial

2013-05-11 00:00:00

Johnny Borizov's day in court Friday ended the same way it began — with rebukes from the judge overseeing his trial on charges that he planned the 2010 slaying of a Darien family and persuaded a friend to carry out the crime. When the Willow...

Borizov girlfriend testifies prosecution witness acted paranoid

2013-05-09 18:41:00

Defense attorneys called nine witnesses Thursday in the Johnny Borizov murder trial, including a Borizov girlfriend who described the prosecution's main witness as depressed and paranoid in the weeks before the slayings of three members of a Darien...

Defense begins case in Darien murder trial

2013-05-08 17:57:00

Parts of recorded interviews with the man who killed three members of a Darien family were presented by both sides Wednesday as the prosecution rested and the defense began its case in the DuPage County trial of Johnny Borizov. On the 10th day of the...

Psychologist says Borizov 'intimidated' Nodarse into murder plot

2013-05-07 19:23:00

A forensic psychologist who spent 21 hours examining the man who killed three members of a Darien family testified Tuesday that the gunman was intimidated by a Willow Springs man who is on trial for masterminding the slayings. The psychologist, John...

Prosecutors wrapping up case against Borizov in DuPage murder trial

2013-05-03 17:53:00

Prosecutors expect to call their final major witness before resting their case by midweek in the trial of Johnny Borizov, the Willow Springs man accused of masterminding the murders of a Darien family. The DuPage County trial, the first televised murder...

Gunman tells of conflicted mental state after Darien slayings

2013-04-27 04:39:00

By Tuesday, a DuPage County jury will have heard three days of testimony from a man who killed three members of a Darien family in 2010. In the days beyond, experts will take the stand to help the jurors delve more deeply into the mind of Jacob Nodarse,...

At Borizov trial, Darien family murderer tells of his 'nightmare'

2013-04-26 13:09:00

Jacob Nodarse today said he perceived the murders of a Darien family that another man is accused of convincing him to commit as “a nightmare.” Defense attorney Richard Kling cross-examined Nodarse in the ongoing DuPage County trial of...

In Borizov trial, murderer of Darien family members testifies against defendant

2013-04-25 18:51:00

In the same calm, methodical manner he used to describe the types of psychiatric medicines he takes and the steps he took to become a certified auto mechanic, Jacob Nodarse explained to a DuPage County jury Thursday how he broke into a Darien home and...

Former DuPage County chief forensic pathologist Dr. Jeff Harkey, who performed autopsies on three murdered members of the Kramer family from Darien, Ill., points out wounds on a diagram of Michael Kramer during the Johnny Borizov trial at the DuPage County Courthouse in Wheaton, Ill.

2013-05-01 00:00:00

Gunman Jacob Nodarse tries to recall details of his past drug use during cross-examination by Defense Attorney Richard Kling in the trial of Johnny Borizov in a DuPage County courtroom on Friday, April 26, 2013.

2013-04-26 00:00:00

DuPage County Sheriff's Detective Edward Sokasits, left, and Judge Daniel Guerin watch video Wednesday from the Darien crime scene during the trial of Johnny Borizov, who has been charged with three counts of murder and conspiracy to commit murder.

2013-04-24 00:00:00