CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. -- A judge has given a northern Illinois community permission to demolish the house where a couple allegedly beat their 5-year-old son to death. McHenry County Judge Kevin Costello ...

CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. (WLS) -- The former home of 5-year-old AJ Freund, who Crystal Lake police say was killed by his parents, may have a new owner. The house on Dole Street is an eerie reminder of ...

CHICAGO -- The ABC7 I-Team has obtained the original missing person report in the case of 5-year-old Crystal Lake boy AJ Freund. The narrative written by police notes that AJ's father, Andrew Freund ...

Five years ago, a weeklong search for a missing 5-year-old Crystal Lake boy came to an end. On April 24, 2019, Andrew Freund Sr. — after being confronted with videos on his cellphone of the child’s ...

A former child abuse investigator was sentenced to six months in jail Thursday for failing to protect AJ Freund, a 5-year-old boy killed in 2019 by his mother in Crystal Lake, and welfare workers took ...