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John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com JoAnn Cunningham, 37, cries and wipes her nose during a sentencing hearing in Woodstock Thursday, July 16, 2020. With her is Public Defender Angelo Mourelatos. She pled guilty in December to killing her five-year-old son A.J. Freund Jr. in April, 2019 in her Crystal Lake home. His body was found in a shallow grave in Woodstock. (John Starks)
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JoAnn Cunningham sits at a desk with her representatives in the courtroom on Thursday morning. (Courtesy of)
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JoAnn Cunningham sits at a desk with her representatives in the courtroom on Thursday morning. (Courtesy of)
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Photo of a lock on AJ Freund's bedroom window taken on April 18, 2018, at AJ Freund's Dole Avenue home.
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Photos of a padlock on the outside of AJ Freund's home taken on April 18, 2018, at AJ Freund's Dole Avenue home.
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Photos taken on April 18, 2018, at AJ Freund's Dole Avenue home.
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Photos taken on April 18, 2018, at AJ Freund's Dole Avenue home.
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Photos taken on April 18, 2018, at AJ Freund's Dole Avenue home.
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Photo of a bag of syringes taken on April 18, 2018, at AJ Freund's Dole Avenue home.
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Photos taken on April 18, 2018, at AJ Freund's Dole Avenue home.
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McHenry County Judge Robert Wilbrandt
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Dr. JoEllen Channon, emergency room physician
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JoAnn Cunningham leaves courtroom 302 on Feb. 27 after a status hearing with Judge Robert Wilbrandt at the McHenry County Courthouse in Woodstock. In December, she plead guilty to killing her 5-year-old son, AJ Freund. She was scheduled to be sentenced on April 30. (AP file)
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JoAnn Cunningham enters courtroom 302 Feb. 27 for a status hearing with McHenry County Judge Robert Wilbrandt at the McHenry County Courthouse in Woodstock. In December, she plead guilty to killing her 5-year-old son, AJ Freund. (Stacey Wescott)
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