A former employee of Illinois’ child welfare agency convicted of mishandling the AJ Freund case months before the Crystal Lake boy was killed by his mother completed his jail term this week. Carlos ...

WARNING: This story contains disturbing details that may be difficult for some viewers to read. Video that police recovered from an Illinois woman's cellphone showing her bruised 5-year-old son ...

The child welfare caseworker found criminally guilty for mishandling the case of AJ Freund before the Crystal Lake boy was killed by his mother was sentenced Thursday to six months in jail and 30 ...

CHICAGO -- The ABC7 I-Team has obtained the original missing person report in the case of 5-year-old Crystal Lake boy AJ Freund. The narrative written by police notes that AJ's father, Andrew Freund ...

WOODSTOCK, Ill. — A judge sentenced a former DCFS worker convicted of neglect in the 2019 murder of 5-year-old AJ Freund from Crystal Lake. Carlos Acosta was sentenced Thursday to six months in jail ...

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A former employee with Illinois' Department of Child and Family Services was sentenced to jail Thursday for mishandling the case of 5-year-old A.J. Freund, who was beaten to death in his Crystal Lake ...

A former child abuse investigator was sentenced to six months in jail Thursday for failing to protect AJ Freund, a 5-year-old boy killed in 2019 by his mother in Crystal Lake, and welfare workers took ...