Byers family pursues last hope in Danny's death case
Four years of court rejections have kept Danny Byers death in dispute as his parents press a U S Supreme Court petition to overturn Illinois tort immunity and seek truth. Reporters review police and fire files to detail the April 24 1996 events at Heather Hill School and the home, the arson ruling, and the lingering impact on the family and community.
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Banny Byers
Cent Hi
Danny
Cook County Circuit Court
Illinois Appellate Court
Illinois Supreme Court
Joe Byers
Byerses
U.S. Supreme Court
Illinois
Carla Swanson Byers
Danny Byers
Sherry Stevenson
Heather Hill
Lawrence Crescent
Flossmoor
Maria Kamberos
Kamberos
Stevenson
Park Forest
Marlene Taylor
Gretchen Mitts
Jim Lentz
Lentz
Byers
Mitts
Taylor
Ocal
Homewood-Floss High School
Robert Neville
Neville
Dan Hornback
Eople
Hornback
Oine
Greg Berk
Mse
Berk
Cone
Wen Ell Raning
Hazel Crest
Dove
Daniel
Joan Bertram
Dean Collopy
Bertram
Gardner
Grundy County
Kathleen Hirsman
Hirsman
Schop
Daniel Byers
Darla Swanson
Illinois State Police Crime Lab
Joliet
Se Go
Bre
Somalia
Dany
Joe
Mary Byers
Darla Swanson Byers
Dann
Jeath
Dara Swanson Byers
Chicago
Iind
Sarprane Deany
Hines VA Hospital
Maywood
Reno
Council meeting handles odds and ends items
The old city council met Monday with all officials present except Alderman Wajtkewisz. Protests against saloon licenses at 1546 Union Street were read and filed. Street work reports, sidewalk removal on Twenty-third Street, and water main projects in Plymouth Hills were discussed, referrals made to committees. Licenses were granted to 77 saloon keepers. two held in abeyance. Subways and sidewalk issues on Oak Street and Center Avenue discussed. a request for Otto Jaeger’s team scales was debated and lost.
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Old City Council
Ald
Wajtkewisz
EJ. Sherwood
Union Street
Ald. Riddell
Taylor
Aldercone
Plymouth Hills
Ald. Taylor
W.S. Petit
Thomas Duncan
Hood
Senneff
Philip
Badenius
Fourteenth Street
Oak Street
Otto Jaeger
Center Avenue
Mr. Jaeger
Woman burned in Canedy flats fire at East Main
A woman received severe burns when a gasoline stove ignition caused a second floor fire at 10 East Main known as Canedy flats. Mrs. Everett was attending the stove, spilled fuel, and her dress ignited. Firefighters saved her as the two story building sustained heavy losses including bills burned but restorable with replacements.
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East Main
Canedy Flats
M. C. Everett
Washington
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