LINCOLN — Jason Harris was sentenced to 20 years in prison Thursday for giving his brother cocaine shortly before his brother killed five memb…
BEASON — Home and school were places Dillen Constant struggled but the wrestling mat offered him the chance to succeed and inspire others.
Chris and Jason Harris showed no visible connection to each other across the crowded courtroom last month as Jason offered testimony that help…
PEORIA — When Chris Harris took the witness stand at his trial, word of his testimony was tweeted to the public by reporters allowed for the f…
LINCOLN — A Florida woman initially charged with providing a false alibi for convicted murderer Chris Harris has pleaded guilty to resisting a…
PEORIA — A Peoria County jury on Friday convicted Chris Harris of murdering five members of a Beason family, rejecting his claims of self-defense.
BEASON — Chris Harris’ conviction Friday in the brutal slaying of a Beason family cleared the name of 14-year-old victim Dillen Constant, and,…
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Testimony in the murder trial of Chris Harris began Wednesday, May 8, 2013, in Peoria. The trial ended Friday, May 31, 2013, with his convicti…
12:30 p.m. Chris Harris is convicted on all murder counts. Harris sat with hands folded and looked down. Family of the victims cried. He now f…
BLOOMINGTON — Jurors in the Chris Harris murder trial return Friday morning to the Peoria County Courthouse to resume their deliberations.
PEORIA — Jurors are expected to begin deliberations Thursday in the monthlong murder trial of Chris Harris, who is accused of the 2009 slaying…
PEORIA — Dillen Constant was a happy 14-year-old, earning good grades in his special education classes in the weeks before he died, his forme…
PEORIA — Jurors weighing murder charges against Chris Harris now have two versions of how a Beason family may have died: the self-defense clai…
PEORIA— After 12 days of testimony from almost 50 witnesses, the state may be ready to conclude its case Friday against Chris Harris, opening …
BLOOMINGTON — Tabitha Gee survived injuries that could have easily killed her or left her permanently disabled, a Peoria pediatrician testifie…
PEORIA — Scientific tests on fingernail scrapings taken from murder victim Rick Gee found the DNA of his slain stepson, a forensic scientist t…
PEORIA — At a hearing that delayed proceedings in his murder trial Monday, Chris Harris took the witness stand for an hour to answer questions…
PEORIA — The Chris Harris murder trial continued Friday with testimony from a state forensic scientist and from three women he allegedly tried…
PEORIA — The jury in the Chris Harris murder trial was sent home early Friday to allow lawyers on Monday to make legal arguments apparently re…
PEORIA — In December — three years and two months after his last interrogation about the Gee family deaths — Jason Harris recanted his claim t…
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PEORIA — The most potentially damaging witness against Chris Harris is his brother, who freely admits that he is a convicted perjurer and can’…
PEORIA — Chris Harris will face his brother in court Wednesday and listen from his seat at the defense table as Jason Harris gives his version…
PEORIA — Chris Harris was considered an unlikely suspect in the deaths of five members of his ex-wife’s family — until key evidence pointed in…
PEORIA— An editing error in a videotaped interview Christopher Harris gave to police about the deaths of a Beason family allowed jurors to hea…
PEORIA — A former Beason woman was threatened with jail Thursday after she refused to answer questions from Chris Harris’ lawyer about sexual …
PEORIA — If words proved inadequate to describe the carnage present inside the Rick Gee home on Sept. 21, 2009, photos shown to jurors Thursda…