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We Got This Covered
We Got This Covered
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Jorge Aguilar

Ex-con walks into a bar to rob it, the bar owner’s compliance with every demand still doesn’t alter the tragedy he planned

Murder

Authorities successfully concluded a massive manhunt with the arrest of Julius E. Burkes Jr., the suspect accused of the brutal “execution-style” murder of an Illinois bar owner. The Kankakee County Sheriff’s Department confirmed that 47-year-old Burkes was taken into custody on Tuesday following the Monday killing of 30-year-old Courtney M. Drysdale.

Drysdale, a mother, was killed just before noon on Monday, February 2, 2026, while opening The Line, the local bar she owned in Momence, a rural area near the Illinois-Indiana border. Investigators say that the suspect walked in, immediately brandished a gun, and demanded money from Drysdale. She complied with every single demand.

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