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He’s been missing since 2007; last seen at DeKalb bar was buried in a certain location or seen in another location, they check it out. DeKalb police detective Lt. Bob Redel, now the lead investigator on the case, has been involved since the beginning. He believes Bradley Olsen is dead and wants to know how he might have died. There are many people of interest in the case, though Redel declined to specify how many there are and why they are designated as such.
subdivision in Maple Park. The park was aptly named three months ago. “It’s incredible how many people contact me from time to time, or friends of Brad’s that hear something,” Sue Olsen said. “I refer them to the police. Talk is golden.” Police insist that Bradley Olsen’s disappearance is not a cold case. The active investigation involves K-9 searches about three to five times a year. Anytime police receive a tip of someone saying they think Bradley Olsen
By ANDREA AZZO aazzo@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Every spring, Sue Olsen travels across DeKalb County to refresh signs and billboards about her son Bradley, who was last seen in 2007 in DeKalb trying to find a ride home to Maple Park. She communicates on the Internet daily with other mothers of missing children. She also visits three benches, one of them dedicated to Bradley, at Memorial Park in the Heritage Hills
Sue Olsen, mother of Bradley Olsen, sits on a bench dedicated in her son’s honor at Memorial Park in Maple Park on Monday. Bradley Olsen was last seen at Bar One on West Lincoln Highway and Annie Glidden Road in DeKalb the night of Jan. 19, 2007. Danielle Guerra – dguerra@ shawmedia.com
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Mourners clash with police in Jerusalem Funeral held for teenager said to be killed by Israelis By YOUSUR ALHLOU The Associated Press
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Fireworks by DCV Imports light up the sky Friday night at Hopkins Park. Doug Moser of DCV Imports said 552 firework shells were used for the show’s finale alone.
Fireworks draw big crowds to DeKalb By JESSI HAISH jhaish@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Will Ocasio arrived at Hopkins Park at 10 a.m. to secure the perfect location for his group of friends to watch the fireworks. “If you’re not here early, you can’t get a good seat,” he said. “We found a nice shady spot; we can see the fireworks and the band. When it’s time, we can just move our games and enjoy our spot.” Ocasio, of Sycamore, and his friends played ladderball to pass the time Friday while they waited for the DeKalb fireworks show to begin at Hopkins Park, 1403 Sycamore Road. Park fore-
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man Josh Clark said the park district expected at least 5,000 visitors to take in the show in or around the park. “It’s a busy, long day,” Clark said. “We have four to six hours of cleaning tomorrow [after the show]. But the smiles and the energy of the crowd get me excited. It’s worth it.” Clark, along with the park district,
See FIREWORKS, page A7
Emma Wille, 20, does live action role playing (LARPing) with family and friends at Hopkins Park on Friday. The DeKalb Park District expected at least 5,000 visitors to take in the fireworks show at Hopkins Park.
JERUSALEM – Israeli police clashed with rock-throwing Palestinian protesters in Jerusalem on Friday as thousands mourned at the funeral for an Arab teen who Palestinians say was killed by Israeli extremists in a revenge attack. Palestinian militants, meanwhile, fired rockets and mortars from the Gaza Strip into Israel, and the Jewish state later carried out several airstrikes on what it described as “Hamas terror targets” in Gaza. There were no immediate reports of casualties. Also, the Israeli military said its troops opened fire after spotting two Palestinians planting explosives near the Gaza border fence. An ambulance carried the body of 16-year-old Mohammed Abu Khdeir, wrapped in a Palestinian flag and traditional headscarf, to a mosque in the east Jerusalem neighborhood where he lived. Then mourners carried the open casket through the crowd to a cemetery. During the procession, scores of masked Palestinians threw rocks at Israeli police on duty nearby, and they responded with stun grenades, spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said. He said more than 2,000 people attended the funeral. Rosenfeld said police also clashed with hundreds of Palestinian protesters in other neighborhoods in the eastern part of the city, which has been rocked by violence since Abu Khdeir’s burned body
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