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  1. Genevieve M. WatsonRead the original story

    Saturday Dec 19 | Mansfield News Journal

    ASHLAND: Genevieve M. Watson, 84, of Ashland, died Thursday evening, December 17, 2009 at Samaritan Regional Health System.

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  2. New charges against grandmother accused in killingRead the original story

    Wednesday Dec 16 | WAND-TV Decatur

    ... trying to hire two men to kill him. A grand jury returned two indictments Wednesday against Shirley Skinner of Ashland, who was already in court to ask for a reduction in her $5 million bond on first-degree murder charges. A judge denied the ...

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    Related Topix: Violent Crime, Cass County, IL

  3. Judge recuses himself from Cass County murder caseRead the original story

    Nov 11, 2009 | WAND-TV Decatur

    ... of shooting her granddaughter's estranged husband in the back of the head. Attorneys for Shirley J. Skinner of Ashland filed a motion last week to substitute judges. Skinner is charged with first-degree murder in the Nov. 25, 2008 shooting death of ...

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    Related Topix: Violent Crime, Cass County, IL

  4. Driver charged in case where nurse arrestedRead the original story

    Oct 16, 2009 | Chicago Sun-Times

    ... -- and led to the arrest of a nurse in a dispute over a blood test. Raquel Wright, 47, of the 4400 block of North Ashland Avenue, was driving her Volvo at 3:05 a.m. on Aug. 1 when she turned left and hit 24-year-old Alexander Foamette, prosecutors ...

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  5. DUI charges filed in fatal crash which sparked lawsuit against cityRead the original story

    Oct 15, 2009 | Chicago Sun-Times

    ... for failing to give a blood test to the woman charged in the accident. Raquel Wright, 47, of the 4400 block of North Ashland Avenue, was charged with aggravated DUI causing accidental death, according to police. Judge Israel Desierto set bond for ...

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  6. DUI charges filed in case where nurse who failed to do blood draw sued city

    Oct 15, 2009 | Chicago Sun-Times

    ... for failing to give a blood test to the woman charged in the accident. Raquel Wright, 47, of the 4400 block of North Ashland Avenue, was charged with aggravated DUI causing accidental death, according to police. The charge was approved at 8:42 a.m. ...

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  7. Illinois grandma faces additional time in shooting death of granddaughter's husbandRead the original story

    Oct 10, 2009 | Belleville News

    ... if convicted. During a brief court hearing Friday, Circuit Court Judge Bob Hardwick Jr. told Shirley Skinner of Ashland that she now faces a minimum of 45 years to natural life in prison if convicted of murder in the death of Steven P. Watkins of ...

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    Related Topix: Violent Crime, Cass County, IL, Chandlerville, IL

  8. Accused grandmother learns potential sentenceRead the original story

    Oct 9, 2009 | WAND-TV Decatur

    ... if convicted. During a brief court hearing Friday, Circuit Court Judge Bob Hardwick Jr. told Shirley Skinner of Ashland that she now faces a minimum of 45 years to natural life in prison if convicted of murder in the death of Steven P. Watkins of ...

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    Related Topix: Cass County, IL, Chandlerville, IL

  9. Grandmother accused of slaying returns to IllinoisRead the original story

    Oct 7, 2009 | WAND-TV Decatur

    ... extradition from Florida and has returned to Illinois. Dan Fultz, the attorney for Shirley J. Skinner, said the Ashland resident was expected to appear in court on Thursday or Friday. Skinner was arrested Monday in Pinellas County, Fla., on a ...

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    Related Topix: Cass County, IL

  10. Grandmother arrestedRead the original story

    Oct 5, 2009 | Tampa Bay Online

    ... around 5 p.m. She was arrested on an Illinois warrant. Skinner is accused of shooting and killing Steven Watkins in Ashland, Ill., in November 2008 and then leaving the state. Other family members with Skinner when she was arrested included her ...

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    Related Topix: Clearwater, FL, Pinellas County, FL

  11. 74 year old grandmother Shirley Skinner arrested for murder

    Oct 6, 2009 | Examiner.com

    ... that many refer to as being nice, shot Watkins in the back of the head. The murder occurred on November 2008, in Ashland, Illinois. Authorities state that Steven Watkins had been murdered as he went to pick up his daughter for a visit. Shirley ...

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  12. From snowbird to jailbirdRead the original story

    Oct 6, 2009 | MyFoxTampaBay

    ... there allege that Skinner shot Watkins in the back of the head when he went to pick up his daughter at an Ashland house. Investigators say Skinner, the granddaughter and Skinner's great-granddaughter were living in a mobile home in Seminole. The ...

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  13. Grandma, 74, in custody; accused of killing granddaughter's husband in IllinoisRead the original story

    Oct 6, 2009 | Belleville News

    ... there allege that Skinner shot Watkins in the back of the head when he went to pick up his daughter at an Ashland house. Authorities say Skinner, the granddaughter and Skinner's great-granddaughter were living in a home in Seminole, Fla. Skinner was ...

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    Related Topix: Violent Crime, Cass County, IL

  14. Neighbors shocked over grandmother's arrest in Illinois slayingRead the original story

    Oct 6, 2009 | Tampa Bay Online

    ... of Illinois. Investigators say Skinner shot Watkins in the back of the head when he went to pick up his daughter in Ashland, Ill. "It's shocking," said Eleanor Gray, 73, president of Lake Seminole Estates Corp., the body representing the 151 ...

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  15. Grandma arrested in Fla. on Ill. charges that she killed granddaughter's estranged husbandRead the original story

    Oct 6, 2009 | WGN-TV Chicago

    ... there allege that Skinner shot Watkins in the back of the head when he went to pick up his daughter at an Ashland house. Authorities say Skinner, the granddaughter and Skinner's great-granddaughter were living in a home in Seminole, Fla. Skinner was ...

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    Related Topix: Cass County, IL

  16. 74-year-old grandmother arrested in Clearwater for murderRead the original story

    Oct 6, 2009 | WFTS

    ... Steven Watkins was shot in the back of the head in November 2008 when he went to pick up his daughter at a house in Ashland, Illinois. He was the estrnaged husband of Skinner's granddaughter, Jennifer Watkins. According to investigators, Skinner, ...

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    Related Topix: Pinellas County, FL, Seminole, FL

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    Oct 6, 2009 | WFTS

    ... in connection with the shooting death of her granddaughter's estranged husband Steven Watkins in November of 2008 in Ashland, Illinois. Skinner was arrested without incident around 5:00 p.m. Monday, October 5, as she and other family members were ...

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    Related Topix: Pinellas County, FL, Violent Crime

  18. Murder Case Arrest

    Oct 5, 2009 | WEEK-TV

    The shooting of Steven Watkins took place in November of last year in Ashland, in Cass County...a day before he was to go to divorce court.

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  19. 74-year-old woman arrested in Clearwater for Illinois murderRead the original story

    Oct 5, 2009 | WFTS

    ... in connection with the shooting death of her granddaughter's estranged husband Steven Watkins in November of 2008 in Ashland, Illinois. Skinner was arrested without incident around 5:00 p.m. Monday, October 5, as she and other family members were ...

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    Related Topix: Violent Crime, Pinellas County, FL

  20. Grandmother arrested on murder chargeRead the original story

    Oct 5, 2009 | MyFoxTampaBay

    ... from the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, investigators say Skinner shot and killed her granddaughter's husband in Ashland, Illinois, in November of 2008. She was in Florida with her granddaughter, Jennifer Watkins, and other family members who ...

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    Related Topix: Clearwater, FL, Pinellas County, FL

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