Scottsdale

OCHOALOPEZ-041724_7.jpgYovanny Lopez, husband of Marlen Ochoa-Lopez and father of Yovanny Jadiel Lopez, stands beside a photo of him, his wife, his son and Yovanny Jadiel Lopez (pictured at the bottom) while speaking to the media after a hearing at the George N. Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Little Village, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Clarisa Figueroa entered a plea deal Tuesday for the murder of Ochoa-Lopez and cutting her baby, Yovanny Jadiel Lopez, from the womb in 2019. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times

Crime

Clarisa Figueroa pleads guilty to strangling Marlen Ochoa-Lopez, cutting baby from womb

Figueroa was sentenced to 50 years in prison. The infant, Yovanny Jadiel Lopez, died several weeks later.

By Matthew Hendrickson

Yovani López lleva una camiseta con la imagen de su esposa, Marlen Ochoa-López, al salir de una audiencia en la Corte Penal de Leighton en 2019.

Crime

Trial delayed for woman accused of killing Marlen Ochoa-Lopez, whose baby was cut from womb

Lawyers for Clarisa Figueroa want psychiatric records for the state’s key witness, Figueroa’s daughter Desiree.

By Andy Grimm

Columnists

In one 1977 front-page photo at Southwest Side school, the human story of school desegregation era

Protests had erupted in Chicago as minority students were bused to majority-white schools. Amid all of that, two young girls, one white, one Black, sat together as new friends. One was my daughter.

By Nancy Osness

Marlen Ochoa-Lopez allegedly went to a home in the 4100 block of 77th Place the day she went missing, police sources said.

Crime

Man gets 4 years in cover-up of death of Marlen Ochoa-Lopez, whose baby was cut from her womb

Piotr Bobak cleaned up the 2019 murder scene and claimed the infant was his son in a bid to get charitable donations, prosecutors said.

By David Struett and Cindy Hernandez

News

Man fatally shot inside residence in Scottsdale

The man, 37, was inside a home in the 4600 block of West 87th Street when he was shot, police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

Three people were killed in separate crashes across the Chicago area during a winter storm early Saturday.

News

2 dead, 5 hurt in high-speed SW Side crash

The crash happened Wednesday evening on Pulaski Road at 85th Street.

By Sun-Times Wire

Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus, with the help of the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation, drop off gifts to the family of fallen CPD officer Samuel Jimenez in West Morgan Park on Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020.

News

Operation Santa offers holiday reprieve for families of fallen, wounded Chicago cops

“It is absolutely beautiful to know that my family in blue remembers every year,” said Crystal Garcia, the widow of Samuel Jimenez, a Chicago police officer killed during a shooting rampage at Mercy Hospital in 2018.

By Tom Schuba

News

Woman, 47, killed in Scottsdale crash

Hortincia Guerrero was making a turn when she lost control of her vehicle and struck a light pole, authorities said.

By Sun-Times Wire

A man, 21, was critically hurt in a hit-and-run crash Jan. 25, 2021 in West Pullman.

News

Woman killed in Scottsdale crash

The crash happened about 2:33 a.m. in the 4600 block of West 82nd Street, the medical examiner’s office said.

By Sun-Times Wire

Scottsdale

Motorcyclist killed in Scottsdale crash

Daniel Butler was hit by a Ford driven by a 56-year-old man.

By Sun-Times Wire

Scottsdale

18-year-old missing from Scottsdale may need medical attention: police

Samantha Jankowski was last seen Wednesday in south suburban Oak Lawn.

By Sun-Times Wire

Scottsdale

Woman missing from Scottsdale is located safe

Police canceled a missing person alert Thursday.

By Sun-Times Wire

Two women were injured in a three-vehicle crash Feb. 28, 2020, near 77th Street and Pulaski Road in Scottsdale.

Chicago

2 women hurt in Scottsdale crash

The 20-year-old woman driving the Lexus was issued citations for driving without insurance, driving without a license and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident.

By Sun-Times Wire

A Metra train hit a vehicle in Scottsdale on the Southwest Side

Chicago

Occupants of car hit by train in Scottsdale sue Metra, Norfolk Southern

The suit accuses Metra of negligence for failing to stop the train before it hit the car or operate trains at lower speeds because of snowy conditions at the time of the crash.

By Luke Wilusz

Chicago

Man injured in Scottsdale Metra crash dies days later

Christopher Davis, 19, died from his injuries after a train hit a vehicle that struck him, authorities said.

By Sun-Times Wire

A pair of robberies were reported in Scottsdale.

Crime

Pair of robberies reported in Scottsdale: police

In each case, a man approached someone and demanded their property, police said.

By Ro Coleman

A man was killed in a shooting Oct. 13, 2019, in the 8400 block of South Kenneth Avenue.

Crime

Man killed in Scottsdale shooting

Witnesses told police a vehicle with two males inside drove up and at least one of the occupants fired shots at the 27-year-old man in the 8400 block of South Kenneth Avenue.

By Sun-Times Wire

A man was killed and a teen boy wounded in a shooting June 20, 2022.

News

Man wanted for attempted child luring in Scottsdale: police

A man attempted to lure three pre-teen girls into his house May 25 by offering them pizza, police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

Columnists

Fetal abduction is ‘just plain evil’

It is gruesome. It is grisly. It’s as bad as it gets.

By Michael Sneed

Arnulfo Ochoa (center), the father of Marlen Ochoa-Lopez, leaves the Leighton Criminal Court Building on Friday after a judge denied bail to three people in connection with Ochoa-Lopez’s death.

Crime

Mother, daughter plotted killing of pregnant woman to steal her baby for nearly a month, prosecutors say

The three people charged in the slaying of Marlen Ochoa-Lopez were denied bail Friday.

By Matthew Hendrickson and Carlos Ballesteros