CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. -- Thousands of people lined up Friday afternoon to say goodbye to AJ Freund, the 5-year-old Crystal Lake boy whose body was found in a shallow grave in Woodstock last week. AJ's ...

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 ...

Five years ago, a weeklong search for a missing 5-year-old Crystal Lake boy came to an end. On April 24, 2019, Andrew Freund Sr. — after being confronted with videos on his cellphone of the child’s ...

Andrew "AJ" Freund Jr., 5, of Crystal Lake, died of blunt force trauma to the head after being beaten and made to stand in a cold shower for 20 minutes, according to the documents. His parents, JoAnn ...

Prosecutors said Monday that they are trying to terminate parental rights to the younger brother of Andrew "AJ" Freund, the 5-year-old Crystal Lake boy whose parents are charged with murder and other ...

WOODSTOCK, Ill. (WLS) -- The bench trial of two former DCFS workers facing charges relating to the death of 5-year-old A.J. Freund began Monday. A.J. Freund suffered abuse and torture, and was killed ...

Five-year-old A.J. Freund’s life could have been saved if child welfare workers had alerted other specialists about his case, two former county prosecutors and a doctor testified Thursday. “Something ...