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UPDATED 4:35 p.m. | Cynthia Baker was convicted Tuesday of murder in the death of her boyfriend’s 8-year-old daughter who died from internal injuries…
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Cynthia Baker's fate is now in the hands of a McLean County jury.Baker's case went to the jury Monday afternoon after about an hour of closing arguments…
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The torment and torture that marked Rica Rountree’s life in the months before death in January were played Friday for a jury considering murder charges…
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In their interviews with authorities, Cynthia Baker’s children described a home where Baker punched, whipped and tortured 8-year-old Rica Rountree,…
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UPDATED 4 p.m. | In her last days before her death, Rica Rountree showed signs of fatigue and unexplained injuries, the child’s third grade teacher…
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Opening statements are set for Wednesday in the murder trial of Cynthia Baker of Normal, though several of the charges against her were dismissed just…
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The murder trial for a Normal woman accused of killing an 8-year-old girl has been delayed as prosecutors explore the defense’s alternative theory for how…
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The doctor who performed Rica Rountree’s autopsy started by counting the scars on her body.Her 8-year-old body had 67 marks from head to toe, signs of…