A jury was selected Tuesday in Will County with opening arguments planned for Wednesday morning in the trial of an Orland Park man charged with reckless homicide in a 2017 car crash that killed a pregnant woman and her three young sons in Beecher.
About a dozen people gathered Tuesday outside the Will County courthouse protesting and demanding the release of Norberto Navarro, who is an eyewitness to a 2017 car crash.
Woulfe, 27, is charged with reckless homicide in the July 24, 2017, crash at Corning Road and Yates Avenue. Woulfe, who is free on bond while awaiting trial, was traveling east when he sped through a stop sign and slammed into a car carrying Lindsey Schmidt and her sons, prosecutors said. Schmidt was pregnant at the time.
Schmidt and her 19-month old son, Kaleb, were pronounced dead at the scene. Four-year-old Weston died at Comer’s Children Hospital in Chicago the following evening and 6-year-old Owen died two days later, also at Comer’s.
Earlier this month, an attorney for Navarro argued for his release on recognizance and to seek a visa so Immigration and Customs Enforcement authorities do not deport Navarro.Just more than a dozen people gathered outside the courthouse Tuesday morning protesting and demanding the release of Navarro. They chanted in English and Spanish “si se puede” and “free Norberto” for passersby and people inside the courthouse to hear.
“We continue to push for Will County to do the right thing and not cooperate with ICE and release him,” said Rebecca Guterman, one of Navarro’s attorneys.Sarah Southey, a legal coordinator for the Centro De Trabajadores Unidos group behind the rally, said they expect some announcement Tuesday or Wednesday, pending Navarro’s testimony.
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