Detention ordered for South Shore woman accused in fatal stabbing, beating of mute cancer patient

A South Shore woman was ordered held in detention Friday on charges that she fatally stabbed a mute cancer patient inside his apartment, struck him with a plank of wood and tried setting fire to his apartment last fall. Before a judge at the Leighton Criminal Court Building, prosecutors said that surveillance cameras captured Catherine […]

Person found dead at Thornton Reservoir died of suicide: autopsy

An unidentified person found dead inside the Thornton Composite Reservoir fell to their death in an apparent suicide, an autopsy on Thursday showed. The body was discovered Wednesday morning inside the 300-ft-deep reservoir in the 17200 block of State Street in Thornton and later pronounced dead at the scene, officials said. Local authorities used a […]