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Illinois man pleads guilty to murdering boy and mother in bat attack
Original: Illinois man who struck boy, mother 117 times with bat pleads guilty to murder
An Illinois man has pleaded guilty to murder for a brutal attack in which he struck a young boy and his mother 117 times with a baseball bat. The guilty plea spares the victims' family a trial, though sentencing details and the motive behind the attack have not been disclosed in initial reports.
Why now: The extreme violence of the attack and the guilty plea have drawn widespread public attention and outrage.
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