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| William Caponegri is accused of strangling Karen Salino to death in his Rogers Park apartment. Pictures courtesy of NBC news Chicago. |
52-year-old Karen Salino was found murdered in her boyfriend's north side apartment. The boyfriend's roommate discovered her body. Tenants at 6726 N. Glenwood Ave., are shocked. They described the building where Salino was murdered, as "quiet" and "friendly".
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| Murder scene: 6726 N Glenwood Ave. |
Police have charged 49-year-old William Caponegri with first degree murder and one count of violating an active order of protection. Even though Salino came to his apartment, he certainly didn't have to let her in.
Investigators say Salino and Caponegri got into a heated argument in Caponegri's apartment. Then, he allegedly choked her to death. Salino's lifeless body was found on Caponegri's bed. She had bruises and scratches around her neck and a stab wound to her arm.
Caponegri is due in court on Monday.
This a really sad story but why did she go to his apartment if she was afraid of him?
ReplyDeleteProtective orders don't protect you if you show up at the offender's house. :-(
ReplyDeletethat's one scary looking guy!
ReplyDeletemaybe instead of 18 months of probation, he should have served 18 months in jail...ummm maybe she would still be alive. Questioning her motives for going to his apartment is irrelevant...she went. he killed her.
ReplyDeleteThere could be a million reasons why the victim would go to Caponegri's house and none of them matter. People I know come to my house all the time and I don't murder any of them. Please focus on the culpability of Caponegri's actions and not his victim's actions.
ReplyDeletePlease join concerned community members and organizations this Thursday, 8/26/10 at 6PM for a peaceful demonstration and vigil in memory of Karen Salino.
ReplyDeleteWe'll meet at the corner of Glenwood and Northshore Ave. on the 6700 block of Glenwood where Salino was murdered. We'll tie purple ribbons on trees in Rogers Park to signify the number of people who are murdered each year at the hands of their intimate partners. Help us send the message that there is no room for domestic violence in our neighborhood.
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I know bill capone/caponegri he has always been a violent person since I have known him. I always knew he was capable of killing somebody. He must have been drunk when he did it! He use to live on the 6200 block of s. kolin. We all thought he was dead!
ReplyDelete"Poeple come to my house all the time and I don't murder any of them"
ReplyDeleteReally?!! Do any of your visitors have protective orders against you?
i knew bill capone/caponegri bother and i really didnt like him because he looked like a shady person i hope bill gets life in person or someone should beat him the way he beat on his girlfriend
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing at what one might learn by googling someone. That is how I found out that this persoon that I knew personally when I was 15 years old, is now an accused murderer. I am shocked! I know he had a drinking problem back in the 80's and had been in quite a few fights. But nothing prepared me for this. What a shame!
ReplyDeleteYou know what I read what all you people wrote, I am the one who lived with that person you all say you knew and speak badly bout, he was a good friend of mine also... Now he had problems like anyone else may have... he also drank and so did she, but she can be violent just like him, she has issues as well mentally just like him... she nicer and a great women do not get me wrong and thats why i did what i did because she did not deserve that bullcrap... but neither that is neither here or there... they both loved each other, she came to the house and lived a month or 2 before the incident occured.. and honestly I think if I would of stayed, it probably would of never happend, but I could never get karen to leave the apt... but I never knew of the order of protection, nor did I know bout anything prior to living there.. he came to me and asked to help me out... then I moved in, and lived there... they where like a mom and dad too me, as well as the dad being my bestfriend... I was down the hall at a neighbor's house and then I came home and he was crying so hard by the bed or on it, she was lying looked asleep to me. He regreted what he did... he was so confused and asked me to check her pulse, that when I got scarred, I touched her wrist and she was ICE COLD!!! I snapped at this point on him verbally.. called the police, after I called my mom and asked her what to do I was scarred... but anger is a pain in the butt and alcohol and angery people do not mix... so that women should of never came to his house and she did... they loved each other, and that is that... he messed up and now the death penalty is gone and now they cannot be together.. he's going to rot in jail now so what is worse then that really... espically living with regret.... think how he feel... think how you fell if you understand mental illnesses and drinking and all the stuff you and your spouse's may have aruged about in your life and how you may have been hit by them or whatever ect... ect... and think how you would fell if you realize what you done and now you cannot change it but you got to sit in that cold jail your whole life... think about this and tell me, if god not giving him what he deserve you selfish, uncaring, ungrateful, mean hearted people... look at both sides and put yourself in both shoe's.. why she come to the house, love, her age, and it hard to find someone like that now a days at that age in their situations... He did not go out and seek out her, she sought him. Due to her never leaving, and staying around him eventually brought out issues obviously that couples have period. On his side, he saw her he loved her, and he wanted her to stay... lots happend I talked to both states attorney and his lawyer's as well as testify against my bestfriend... this is so hard to write and not be mad, everyone maybe right about him, but who lived a life like his, and would not be a ticking time bomb possibly, how can anyone tell but a professional??? Just try to understand what I am saying about this.. and think about what you would do with this in your own life, whether you william caponegri, karen, or myself... how would you think or feel????
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