Melissa Calusinski has served 16 years of a 31-year prison sentence for the death of Benjamin Kingan, a 16-month-old whom she cared for at an Illinois day care center. She has long insisted she is innocent. “This is not where I belong,” Calusinski told “48 Hours” correspondent Erin Moriarty. “I’m …
Before the fire that set Melissa Lamesch‘s home ablaze on Nov. 25, 2020, the day had started with excited anticipation. Melissa was due to give birth to a baby boy in just two days, and Thanksgiving was a day away. Cassie Baal: She was gonna have a nice private Thanksgiving …
On the afternoon of Thanksgiving Day 2021, Nanette Stuiber sat in her car and watched anxiously as EMTs and Montgomery County Sheriff Deputies descended on a house in the tiny village of Farmersville, Illinois. Nanette Stuiber: I was quite upset and kinda going crazy in the car. Stuiber had been …
After midnight on July 6, Sonya Massey called 911 to report a prowler. When sheriff’s deputies responded, she answered the door in her nightgown, thanking and welcoming them into her home in Springfield, Illinois. But two minutes later, Sangamon County Deputy Sean Grayson took aim at Massey’s face and fired …
Video shows shooting by Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy that killed Sonya Massey Video shows shooting by Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy that killed Sonya Massey 03:32 Illinois officials and President Joe Biden spoke after bodycam video of the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey was released by Illinois State Police Monday afternoon. …
Inflation has come down considerably from its post-pandemic peak of 9% in 2022, and just went negative on a monthly basis for the first time since May 2020, but prices are still higher than Federal Reserve policymakers say is appropriate for a stable economy. Further hurting the ability to make …
This story previously aired on Sept. 30, 2023. Josh Jones and Laura Keck have prosecuted hundreds of cases, but no case has troubled them quite like the murder of Becky Bliefnick. Josh Jones: You put yourself in the mind of Becky Bliefnick in the last moments of her life, the …
Powerful storms that rolled through the Midwest spun up multiple tornadoes, including a fierce twister that killed several people in a small Iowa town Tuesday, carving a bleak landscape of destroyed homes and businesses, shredded trees, smashed cars and widely strewn debris and causing an unknown number of injuries. The …
How people with disabilities are fighting to stay out of institutions – CBS News Watch CBS News The CBS Reports documentary “No Place Like Home” explores the struggles families in Illinois are experiencing to keep their disabled loved ones from being institutionalized. CBS Chicago’s Dana Kozlov reports. Be the first …
