Frank “Butch” Colombo Jr. of Glenburn Twp. died surrounded by his family on Sunday evening at Allied Hospice, Scranton. His wife of 65 years, Susan M. Colombo, preceded him in death just four weeks ...

In October 1975, Patricia Columbo meticulously hatched a plan to kill her family, soliciting friends and acquaintances to carry out the murders. Eight months later, the 19-year-old executed the plot ...

When a Cook County judge sentenced Patricia Columbo and Frank DeLuca to more than 300 years in prison for the murders of Columbo's father, mother and 13-year-old brother, his intention was clear. The ...

The sleepy neighborhood in Elk Grove Village still attracts the occasional visitor seeking a glimpse of where one of the northwest suburbs’ grisliest and most notorious crimes took place. The home on ...

Patricia Columbo was convicted along with her boyfriend, Frank DeLuca, of shooting her parents, Mary and Frank Columbo, slitting Mary Columbo’s throat and stabbing Patricia’s 13-year-old brother, ...

Columbo (played by Jack Hunter) questions Susan (Laura Barriere) in "Prescription Murder: Columbo" at Desiderio's Dinner Theatre. From 1971 until 2003, Peter Falk’s characterization of rumpled but ...