Afternoon Briefing: Investigation underway after man and 6-year-old boy found deceased

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A GoFundMe account set up to help with funeral arrangements for Homer Glen employee Jacquelyn Huff, who was killed by her husband Sunday, and to benefit their 6-year-old son had raised nearly six times its goal from nearly 300 donors.

The Will County sheriff’s office said Tuesday night that Jacquelyn, 38, was shot three times in the head by her husband , Michael Huff, 47, a sergeant who worked more than 20 years for the Glendale Heights Police Department. Michael Huff died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, the sheriff’s office reported.

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House in the 3500 block of West Lyndale Street, in Chicago, Nov. 22, 2023, where a man and boy were found dead in the apartment Tuesday night. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

Shortly after 10:15 p.m., officers responded to a residence in the 3500 block of West Lyndale Street and discovered a boy and a man in an advanced state of decomposition inside of a bedroom. Read more here.

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A 2021 Ford Mustang Mach E charges at a Ford dealer in Wexford, Pa., on May 6, 2021. (Keith Srakocic/AP)

The Illinois Motor Vehicle Review Board ruled in favor of the dealers in their complaint against Ford, which alleged the program violated state law by cutting off EV products to those that didn’t pay up to participate. Read more here.

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