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“He was told that it was his fault, he was told that if he ever brought it up again, life was over as he knew it, so he suppressed it,” attorney Susan E. Loggans told the Tribune last month. “The triggering event for him was when he learned that this guy had done it to somebody else. He felt, ‘Oh, my God, if somebody would’ve done something about this at the time, it never would’ve happened.’ So he allowed himself to bring that memory about again.”

Both companies are based in London and incorporated in Ireland. Aon, with about $11 billion in revenue last year, has some 100 offices in the U.S., including at Chicago’s Aon Center. Willis Towers Watson, with around $9 billion in 2020 revenue, has 80 U.S. offices. Its namesake tower in the Loop is the city’s tallest.

Prosecutors questioned Sydney Weaver, 19, for more than an hour, who gave two prior depositions, or a full account of what she knew, but claimed Wednesday not to remember several details that could incriminate him in the Feb. 25, 2019, murders of Molley Lanham, 19 and Thomas Grill, 18 in rural Hebron.

In December 2014, Shelton was named in a multi-count indictment along with Elgin, Elgin’s son, Steven Hunter, and Alex Wheeler, alleging the four committed conspiracy to defraud; wire fraud; conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud; honest service wire fraud; and conspiracy to commit extortion.

Larry Earvin, 65, died in June 2018 from injuries a month after 13 prison officials beat him in a corridor of the Western Illinois Correctional Center where there were no security cameras, attorney Jon Erickson said at a news conference Wednesday outside the Thompson Center. Earvin, who was restrained during the assault, suffered 15 rib fractures, abrasions and hemorrhages, and fatal blunt trauma to the chest and abdomen, according to a federal indictment against three of the guards.

Tramane Johnson, 27, of the 38700 block of Sheridan Road, was taken into custody Wednesday morning at his home by Lake County sheriff’s deputies. He has been charged with two counts of attempted aggravated criminal sexual assault and one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, authorities said.

Both Green and Jaghama were taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, and Green was still hospitalized Wednesday in critical condition with life-threatening injuries, police said. Jaghama remains hospitalized and his initial court hearing was held without him being present, according to Gerald Vetter, chief for Oak Lawn’s investigation division.

In a news conference Wednesday, Anjanette Young and her lawyer, Keenan Saulter, called for an investigation into the way the city Law Department handles cases filed against the Chicago Police Department, saying the city is compounding the trauma Young experiences and wasting taxpayer dollars fighting the case.

Of those who died, Shametria Williams, 19, and Ratanya Aryiel Rogers, 28, were identified by the Cook County medical examiner’s office. A 35-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman were also killed, but they have not yet been identified, pending notification of their family.

In Hinsdale, Johnson and his wife paid $1.87 million in 2013 for the home. Built in 2009, the house has 5-1/2 bathrooms, two fireplaces, a fully finished basement with radiant heat, a wine cellar, a gym and an attached and heated, three-car garage. Outside on the property are a bluestone patio, a pergola, an outdoor fireplace and a built-in covered barbecue center.