The trial of a Chicago man accused of murdering his 9-year-old daughter, who attended school in Glendale Heights, began this week. Richard Lyons, 45, found his daughter, Mya Lyons, dead in the 8400 block of Gilbert Court, near his home on Chicago’s South Side nearly six years ago. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the death a homicide. Lyons faces two counts of murder charges, according to the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office. Mya died of multiple stab wounds and other injuries in July 2008. On Tuesday, Cook County State’s Attorney Fabio Val-
entini said after Richard Lyons killed his daughter and left her in an alley, he alerted neighbors that she was missing. Then, the father pretended to discover Mya’s body and drove her body to the hospital where she was pronounced dead, according to news reports. Mya was going to be a fourth-grader at G. Stanley Hall School in Glendale Heights, where she was remembered for her love of learning. She lived with her mother, Ericka Barnes, in Addison, during the school year and spent summers with her father in Chicago. The trial is expected to conclude this week, according to news reports.
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GENEVA – A New Year’s Day party netted underage drinking charges for 10 people, ranging in age from 17 to 20, according to Geneva police reports. The incident occurred at Pepper Valley Apartments, 2127 Pepper Valley Drive, Ge-
neva. Those charged included John B. Ingram, 20, of the 1400 block of Ash Court, Carol Stream; Jordyn E. Schmidt, 18, of the 200 block of Wakefield Lane, Geneva; Elena J. Kelly, 18, of the 600 block of Parker Court, Geneva; and Jonathan S. Sommers, 18, of the 0N000 block of Underwood Drive, Blackberry Township.
Also charged were six 17-year-olds, five boys and one girl, whose names were not released because of their age. Ingram also was charged with battery and battery of insulting or provoking contact, both misdemeanors. According to police reports, Ingram struck someone with his fist and with a door. He is scheduled to appear in court Jan.
Seneca Drive, Hanover Park, was charged with aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol, driving while license revoked, operating an uninsured motor vehicle and speeding at 1:22 a.m. Dec. 27 at Army Trail Road and 84th Court. • Samuel Nisler, 22, of 148 N. Lindsey Court, Whitewater,
Wis., was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and failure to signal at 1:34 a.m. Dec. 27 at Gary Avenue and Park Hill Trail. • Andraeya Espositista, 20, of 1N286 Redwing Court, was charged with driving under the
8POLICE REPORTS Information in Police Reports is obtained from the Carol Stream Police Department. Individuals listed in Police Reports who have been charged with a crime have not been proven guilty in court.
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Trial begins in death of 9-year-old student
10 charged with underage drinking at party