Since its implementation into law two-and-a-half years ago, DuPage County State’s Attorney Bob Berlin said he has been calling for amendments to the Illinois Pretrial Fairness Act, which is a part of the broader SAFE-T Act.
Berlin renewed his call for reforms recently, citing the recent death of a Villa Park woman by strangulation.
Current provisions in law allowed suspect to remain free
The recent incident Berlin highlighted involved Estefania Abril-Hernandez, who was found dead in her Villa Park home by DuPage County Sheriff’s deputies at 3:49 a.m. Thursday, March 19, after having been reported missing the prior evening by her family.
Abril-Hernandez is believed to have died by strangulation; she was found with a vacuum power cord wrapped tightly around her neck nine times…