Article: Swan says stepmom was victim of occult.(News)

Article: 43 months to prepare trial, 4 hours for verdict Jury finds ...
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  July 25, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... security guard of stabbing stepmother Cynthia Swan 41 times with a steak knife, then ... after the sentence," he said. Cynthia Swan's mother, Katherine Schultz ... the brutality of the attack on Cynthia Swan, reminding jurors she was stabbed ...

Article: Doctors debate Swan's sanity Psychiatrists disagree on ...
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  July 24, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... deliberations on which side is right. Swan, 34, is facing charges of first ... Authorities say the defendant stabbed Cynthia Swan, 36, more than 40 times, then tried ... later attacked his father, Thomas Swan, with a butcher's knife before ...

Article: Swan asks to represent himself in murder trial.(News)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  February 17, 2000 ;     591 words ... ... fitness hearing to determine whether Swan can stand trial was never held. Flavin, who is defending Swan along with attorney John Ridgway, said that hearing now will be sought. Cynthia Swan, 36, was stabbed in the face, back ...

Article: Son's sanity likely will be focus of trial Christopher T. ...
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  July 15, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... recovering from the previous night's revelry, Swan was on the job, working a routine shift as a security ... Stepping into his apartment shortly after 4 p.m., Swan discovered his wife, Cynthia Swan, dead, partially clothed and covered in blood ...

Article: Man gets 50 years for murder of stepmother Prosecutors sought ...
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  September 19, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... three dozen times. "What Christopher Swan did is the most vile crime one human ... commit on another," he said. "Cynthia Swan died in the most vicious and brutal ... social redemption for Christopher Swan," Beaderstadt said. Defense attorney ...

Article: Judge will allow two defenses in Swan slaying case.(News)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  December 29, 2001 ;     645 words ... ... that, then he was insane," Beaderstadt argued. Swan is facing life in prison if found guilty of the New Year's Day 1999 slaying of his stepmother, Cynthia Swan. Authorities contend Swan stabbed the 36-year-old victim more than 40 ...

Article: Four spots still open on jury for Swan trial.(News)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  July 17, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... conduct opening arguments this afternoon. Swan, 34, of Woodstock, faces charges of first ... with the fatal stabbing of his stepmother, Cynthia Swan, on New Year's Day 1999. The charges allege Swan attacked the 36-year-old victim with ...