After a weeks-long, often disorderly trial, jurors deliberated for just an hour and 20 minutes before finding Brand guilty of attacking his ex-partner and killing her son. The 2024 slaying exposed ...

Trial of Crosetti Brand on 11-year-old boy's murder headed to jury 02:57. Meantime, Brand was granted parole on March 12, the day before he allegedly stabbed Smith and her son – hours before a ...

A jury reached a guilty verdict for Crosetti Brand after deliberations began Thursday. He was accused killing 11-year-old Jayden Perkins and injuring his pregnant mom in Edgewater.

Prosecutors opened their case against Crosetti Brand for the high-profile knife slaying of 11-year-old Jayden Perkins, Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 76°F.

Brand is charged with murder, attempted murder, home invasion and aggravated domestic battery in a March 13, 2024 attack that killed 11-year-old Jayden Perkins and seriously injured his pregnant mo… ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a new law Friday to make a series of changes to the Prisoner Review Board after it released a man who ...

Crosetti Brand, 37, held firm in his decision even after Judge Mary Marubio gave him a stern warning “everyone pretty much universally agrees that it’s a bad idea to represent yourself.” ...

The suspected attacker, identified as 37-year-old Crosetti Brand, was released on parole just one day before the attack, which happened in the 5900 block of North Ravenswood Avenue in Edgewater ...

Crosetti Brand, 37, is facing charges including first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, armed robbery, home invasion, and domestic battery. He made his initial court appearance on Friday.

A jury has found Crosetti Brand guilty of stabbing his ex-partner and killing her 11-year-old son. At 4-foot-2 and 99 pounds, 11-year-old Jayden Perkins fought bravely to protect his mother from ...

A jury reached a guilty verdict for Crosetti Brand in his murder trial after deliberations began Thursday. Brand was found guilty on all counts, including aggravated domestic battery, attempted ...

A jury Thursday evening found defendant Crosetti Brand guilty of stabbing an 11-year-old boy and seriously injuring the boy's pregnant mother in March 2024. Brand, 39, was charged with 17 counts ...