Baker's Hot Cocoa Bomb Fundraiser For Oak Forest Family Extended - Oak Forest, IL - A hot cocoa bomb fundraiser for the daughter and family of slain Oak Forest woman Lauren Pikor will now last through the end of December.
A man was held without bail for murdering a 9-year-old girl completely unprovoked just moments after she bought ice cream in Portage Park; a single mother was found fatally stabbed in the street near her home and a man is behind bars for the murder; and a recent study shows Chicago home buyers are moving to one Florida city more than any other in the country.
Lauren Pikor was remembered Wednesday by family as a “natural born leader,” a passionate mother and a dedicated citizen who was relentless in achieving her career goals. “She was perfect in every way and I wanted to be just like her,” Lauren’s twin sister, Christina Pikor, said during a funeral Mass at St. Damian Church in Oak Forest. “Together we were unstoppable. … Lauren was always the best .
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