Crime & Safety

Woman ‘Still Loved’ Man Accused of Strangling Her, Mother

Cook County Sheriff's Police Detective Eric Burnson describes details from the grisly murders of a mother and daughter at the hands of the daughter's husband, ending with the two bodies set on fire in the trunk of a car left in unincorporated Palos P

The events ending in the deaths of Mary Ann Urban-Danno, 51, and Theresa Urban, 79, started with an argument.

According to police, Robert Danno, 50, choked the two women to death, with his friend Jose Fernardo Martinez-Hernandez, 24, holding down Danno’s wife Mary Ann as he killed her. 

Both men were denied bail during court on Tuesday.

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Cook County Sheriff’s Police Detective Eric Burnson described for reporters on Tuesday what led to the arrests.

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