Man accused of murdering 14-year-old Chicago teen in Whiting.

Get at least 6 FREE Stock Shares today Last month, a male individual hailing from Chicago was indicted for a chilling act of violence, according to recently unsealed court documents. The accused, Leonardo Nunez, barely in his 20s, found himself at the epicenter of a murder investigation led by the formidable Whiting Police Department. The victim, Damien Abenante, was a …

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‘The Program’ Is a Powerful True Crime Reckoning for the ‘Troubled Teen’ Industry

In the militaristic, abusive, unregulated “school” where teenaged Katherine Kubler was imprisoned for fifteen months, many books were banned. But one book that wasn’t was The Count of Monte Christo—the story of a man falsely imprisoned by his enemies who escaped to wreak revenge on those who’d wronged him. Katherine took that book as a model: when she got out, …

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