The Bart McNeil Case


Facts of the Case: On June 15th, 1998, a divorced father, Barton (Bart) McNeil, had custody of his daughter Christina for the night, per child care arrangements with this ex-wife, Tita McNeil. Around 10:30 pm, Bart put Christina to bed. Inexplicably, a few hours later, Bart found Christina awake in the bedroom smiling and talking. Bart told...

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10/22/2019

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In response to a comment made by Timothy Capps to a Facebook post on 9-26-19: "Illinois State's attorneys are answerable to only one power: the ballot box. The Attorney General has no statutory oversight. Few things are as repugnant to agents of the state as investigating and prosecuting their own. DuPage County saw some prosecutions and civil...

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10/09/2019

On September 5, 2011, Misook Nowlin murdered her mother-in-law Linda Tyda. A macabre murder involving her 6-year old son, Donovan Wang for which she is now serving a 55-year sentence. Listen to episode 7 of Suspect Convictions, hosted by Willis Kern and Scott Reeder as they ponder the similarities between the two crimes, committed 13 years apart;...

You would think that losing a child to a violent murder would have to be the most horrific thing that you could go through as a parent, right? Guess again. Try losing a child to a horrific murder and being arrested, tried, and convicted of that horrific crime. Can you even imagine? And, before you go thinking, "that can't happen," just ask ...

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