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Prisoner Review Board member resigns after paroled offender accused of killing 11-year-old boy, stabbing mother
Prisoner Review Board member resigns after paroled offender accused of killing 11-year-old boy, stabbing the child’s motherThe Illinois governor announced the resignation of a member of the state’s prisoner review board on Monday, 10 days after a man who was released on parole was charged with attacking a former girlfriend and killing her 11-year-old son.
LeAnn Miller recommended the release of 37-year-old Crosetti Brand and conducted the hearing that resulted in him being granted parole, according to the governor’s office. CNN has reached out to Miller for comment.
Brand is accused of stabbing Laterria Smith, 33, and killing her 11-year-old son, Jayden Perkins, as the child was trying to defend her in their Chicago apartment on March 13, officials said during a news conference held two days later.
Smith’s 5-year-old son was also in the apartment and witnessed the stabbings, police said.
LeAnn Miller recommended the release of 37-year-old Crosetti Brand and conducted the hearing that resulted in him being granted parole, according to the governor’s office. CNN has reached out to Miller for comment.
Brand is accused of stabbing Laterria Smith, 33, and killing her 11-year-old son, Jayden Perkins, as the child was trying to defend her in their Chicago apartment on March 13, officials said during a news conference held two days later.
Smith’s 5-year-old son was also in the apartment and witnessed the stabbings, police said.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-prisoner-review-board-leann-miller-resigns-crosetti-brand-laterria-smith/
