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Michael Bakana, 45, was convicted last year of a fatal shooting outside a Bloomington nightclub in January 2021. Mariah Petracca, 22, of Bloomington was shot and killed. Another woman, Bibi Cornejo of Bloomington, was wounded in the shooting.
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A Bloomington man has been sentenced to 80 years in prison for a shooting death in 2022.
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Jaylin Bones, 24, was found guilty Tuesday of first-degree murder and other charges in the 2022 shooting death of 29-year-old Timothy Manns.
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According to McLean County court records, Gabrielle Stine of Bloomington faces charges of first-degree murder and aggravated kidnapping in connection with the killing of Jamere Bew last November.
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In 2020, a McLean County judge sentenced Anthony Grampsas to 45 years in prison following the 2018 murder of a 20-year-old Bloomington man.
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Freelance journalist Matthew Bremner said a similar experience in his own life — the accidental injury of infant son — caused him to revisit the story about a father accused of killing his 3-year-old daughter, Christina McNeil.
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Kentrell Brown, 21, was found guilty of killing Natwan Nash in a 2021 shooting in Bloomington. He faces 20 to 60 years in prison.
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U.S. Marshals Service took Tomiyale Anderson, 20, of Hampton, Georgia, into custody on Wednesday in Chicago. Anderson was indicted on murder and other charges in connection with the death of 17-year-old Kanye Stowers of Peoria.
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The Bloomington teen faces four counts of first-degree murder for the death of 19-year-old Nicholas Zapata of Normal.
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Joshua Livingston of Danvers faces murder charges in Melissa Ostrom's death in April.