CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. -- Thousands of people lined up Friday afternoon to say goodbye to AJ Freund, the 5-year-old Crystal Lake boy whose body was found in a shallow grave in Woodstock last week. AJ's ...

WOODSTOCK, Illinois — Video that police recovered from an Illinois woman's cellphone showing her bruised 5-year-old son prompted the boy's father to lead investigators to the child's body, according ...

WOODSTOCK, Ill. (WLS) -- Two former employees for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services who oversaw the AJ Freund case have been charged with felonies. Carlos Acosta, 54, and Andrew ...

An Illinois woman was sentenced Friday to 35 years in prison in the beating death of her 5-year-old son who prosecutors said had endured years of abuse for most of his young life. JoAnn Cunningham ...

WARNING: This story contains disturbing details that may be difficult for some viewers to read. Video that police recovered from an Illinois woman's cellphone showing her bruised 5-year-old son ...

An Illinois mother and father charged with murder in the death of their 5-year-old son have agreed to let the state's child welfare agency care for their younger son. JoAnn Cunningham and Andrew ...