New Bail Denied for '03 La Grange Slaying Suspect
Bail was denied today for a 51-year-old former La Grange woman,m a Chicago suburb, on the lam for more than six years after being charged with the murder of her ex-boyfriend, authorities said.
Just last week the fugitive woman was named as a Ten Most Wanted list. She was arrested Friday in southwest suburban Palos Hills and denied bail this morning when she appeared for her bond hearing in Cook County Criminal Court
The FBI, which made the arrest with La Grange police, said a tip from a person who had learned about her from "recent news media accounts" and lead them to a Palos Hills apartment.
The woman was charged in 2003 with the murder of a man, found fatally shot in her La Grange home. After being arrested for the crime and released on $50,000 cash bond, she failed to show up for a court appearance in April 2004. A warrant was issued for her arrest.
She was featured on the television show "America's Most Wanted" amd sought nationwide. In the end, she was captured only a few miles from where the 2003 murder took place.
Police said she gave up without a struggle. She is charged with murder and unlawful flight to avoid prosecution and jailed.