In the trial of a Harvey man charged in a 2020 shooting of Charles Baird, 19, witnesses and DNA connect him to the crime scene.
Testimony, DNA connect Harvey man to 2020 New Lenox gas station shooting
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Murder trial begins for Harvey man charged in fatal 2020 New Lenox gas station shooting
Almost five years after 19-year-old Charles Baird was shot outside a Circle K gas station in New Lenox — the village’s first homicide in two decades — the trial for a Harvey man facing murder charges began Tuesday. Baird’s mother, Jennifer, has maintained a memorial at the Circle K gas station on Nelson Road since […]