A 51-year-old Aurora man has been found guilty of murder in the January 2024 shooting of Serhonda Burnett on Aurora’s near-west side.
Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie L. Mosser announced today that a jury has found Travares O. Mitchell guilty of First-Degree Murder (Class M felony) and Armed Habitual Criminal (Class X felony).
According to prosecutors, on January 13, 2024, Aurora police officers responded to a single-vehicle crash and shots fired near Prairie Street and Woodlawn Avenue in Aurora. Officers found the 46-year-old Burnett, the sole occupant and passenger in the crashed vehicle, suffering from numerous gunshot wounds. She was transported to a local hospital where she was pronounced deceased a short time later. An autopsy determined her cause of death to be multiple gunshot wounds…