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Man Could Face Death Penalty in Ill. Student Death

Oct 30th 2010 – 10:35PM
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DEKALB, Ill. (Oct. 30) - An Illinois man may face the death penalty if convicted in the slaying of a college freshman who went missing earlier this month. William Curl is jailed on $5 million bail in the death of Northern Illinois University freshman Antinette "Toni" Keller. The 34-year-old Curl of DeKalb appeared in...

Body Believed to Be Missing NIU Student's Found

Oct 24th 2010 – 11:19AM
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(Oct. 24) -- The search for a missing Northern Illinois University student has turned into a "death investigation" with the discovery of human remains in a park, police said. The body has not been identified, but police said they believe it is that of Antinette Keller, an 18-year-old freshman from Plainfield,...

College Killer Had Long History of Mental Illness

By David KnowlesMar 18th 2010 – 9:39PM
AP

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(March 18) -- The 27-year-old graduate student who went on a deadly rampage at Northern Illinois University had a long history of mental illness and may have started on a downward spiral after the death of his mother, a new report by the university said. On Valentine's Day in 2008, Steven Kazmierczak stepped onto a stage...

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Background on Northern Illinois University

Northern Illinois University (NIU) is a state university and research institution located in DeKalb, Illinois, US, with satellite centers in Hoffman Estates, Naperville, Rockford, and Oregon.

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