OREGON, Ill. (WTVO) — The court has denied a request by Sarah Safranek, the Ogle County mom accused of killing her 7-year-old son, to change the judge overseeing her case.
Safranek filed a motion to replace Judge Anthony Peska on September 12th, 2025, according to court records.
Her son, Nathaniel Burton, died in her Oregon home in February 2021. Charging documents said that Safranek suffocated him…