Court records say Hailey Ditzler and Olivia Brown lured a woman to a remote location in Madison County, dragged her into the woods and violently assaulted her.
Samples from Edwardsville's groundwater had a forever chemical, or PFAS, at levels higher than legally allowed by federal groundwater quality standards.
Heather Jolicoeur, mother of one of children that Hipke abused, said him dying prior to the sentencing has robbed her of a confrontation she needed to have.
A 69-year-old St. Charles man was pronounced dead at the scene. Two other people were transported by ambulance in serious condition to a nearby hospital.
A fight between two women Monday morning on Riverview Boulevard near North Broadway was followed several hours later by gunfire that residents think was retaliatory.