Afternoon Briefing: Man convicted in deadly stabbing of kid welfare employee

Good afternoon, Chicago.

An Illinois man accused of stabbing a state youngster welfare employee to demise as she was making a house go to to test on kids has been discovered responsible however mentally sick in her killing.

Sangamon County Circuit Decide John Madonia convicted Benjamin Howard Reed of first-degree homicide within the killing of Deidre Silas, who was a toddler safety specialist for the Division of Kids and Household Providers.

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Haneen Abu alroos, third from left, serves salad whereas having dinner along with her kids, Elaf, 3, second from left, and Baraa, 7, second from proper, and the Musleh household, who’re internet hosting the Abu alroos household, on Aug. 13, 2024, in Palos Park. Abu alroos and her kids got here to the U.S. from Gaza in July so Baraa may obtain medical therapy after being injured by Israeli navy assaults. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)

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