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0Two men have been charged with the murder of a 15-year-old Midlothian boy whose battered body was found in a Mark-ham prairie last May Bernard Schuit, 22, of :t62! West 119th street. Alsip, and Joseph Smith. 21. of J642 West 147th street. Midlothian, are being held in Cook county jail in lieu of a $200,000bond They are scheduled to appear in court Monday for a preliminary hearing according to Inv Henry Wilson of the Markham police department The two men were arrested Sunday morning after they were implicated by one of three men arrested for burglary by Cook county sheriff's police Four suspects tone was later released without tie ing charged) were apprehended in Orland township and Posen Friday night after al legedly burglarizing a home at 157th street and Oak Park avenue in un incorporated Bremen township and a resi dence at 159th st retd and L^aG range road in unincorporated Orland townshipACCORDING TO Inv Thomas Adam ski, Cook county sheriff’s police receiver information from a witness to the Bremer township burglary which led them to a ve hide containing two of the four suspects A third man was picked up at a motel in Orland township, and the fourth was ar rested at his Posen home1 Those arrested included Randy Ales 19 and Michael Cronin. 19. both of Markham and Robert Bonner. 20, of Posen, whlt; were all charged w ith burglary Police de clined to specify which man identified th» two murder suspects for fear of the infor mant’s safety• wThe arrest of Schuit and Smith may close a seven-month-old police mvestiga tion which began when the battered body of Midlothian resident Raymond l)upra was found May 17 in a prairie at 150tt st reet and St Louis The bov had been slt;Wseverely beaten that identification had ti be made through dental records, police said.Police are still uncertain as to what may have prompted the fatal beating Schuit and Smith have refused to make any statements, W ilson saidHOWEVER, IT IS theorized that Dupras was involved with the burglars or was aware of thefts in the area and was killed before he could talk to police A color television set, clock, calculatoi and Atari video game valued at $2,000 which were stolen from the Orland town ship home were recovered in a house in Posen, Adamski stated, adding that some items are still missing Wilson said police were investigating whether the persons arrested were re sponsible for recent burglaries in the south and southwest suburbs. ‘‘We have no real idea, but it’s under investigation.” 1
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Midlothian Star Herald
Midlothian, Illinois, US
Thu, Dec 10, 1981
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