Defense lawyer Brian McEldowney told Judge William Workman that a psychiatrist has deemed 29-year-old Kimberlee Burton mentally unfit, meaning she is unable to understand the criminal charges against her and assist with her defense.
WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Wednesday, March 9, 2022. Correspondent Edith Brady-Lunny tells Ryan Denham about new context that's important to consider in the case of 29-year-old Kimberlee Burton. Burton has been charged with the concealment of a death and her daughter, seven-month-old Zaraz Walker has not been found. Plus, the Mayor of Normal says the stressed financial situation in Unit 5 could have wide-ranging affects on the community. Chris Koos also says a recent lobbying trip to Washington D.C. was productive.
Gov. JB Pritzker was in Bloomington to promote the impact of his Rebuild Illinois plan, which he said has repaired and replaced over 3,500 miles of roads and nearly 350 bridges statewide.
The state’s child welfare agency had three interactions with Kimberlee Burton before her infant died at home and was reported missing, according to records with the Department of Children and Family Services.
A Cook County judge this week found the director of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services in contempt for the fifth and sixth time this year for housing two girls in locked psychiatric facilities unnecessarily.