On the night of March 17, Roger and Gayle Pfiel left home for the 50-mile drive to Chicago and the St. Patrick’s Day party. In the hours after they left, the Pfiel home became a slaughterhouse. How it came to pass, police do not know. But at 7:13 a.m. on Saturday, they received a frantic call from a young female family member, asking for help. — On St. Patrick’s Day, Roger and Gayle Pfiel relaxed at a party--a respite from their waking nightmare, the murder accusation against their younger son that had hung over their family for On the night of March 17, Roger and Gayle Pfiel left home for the 50-mile drive to Chicago and the St. Patrick's Day party. In the hours after they left, the Pfiel home became a slaughterhouse. How it came to pass, police do not know. But at 7:13 a.m. on Saturday, they received a frantic call from a young female family member, asking for help. A family’s nightmare: They stood by one son, lost another. CRETE, 111. (AP) — On St. Patrick's Day, Roger and Gayle Pfiel relaxed at a party — a respite from their waking nightmare, the murder accusation against their youngest son that had hung over their family for more than a year. Steven Pfiel’s parents were out for the night at a St. Patrick’s Day celebration when he allegedly attacked his brother with a meat cleaver and baseball bat as the brother slept and then It was also in Crete where Steven committed his most heinous crimes. While his parents were away, celebrating St. Patrick = s Day in Chicago, Steven assaulted both of his siblings (Nordgren, 1995). By his own account, Steven spent part of the evening of 17 March, 1995 drinking with his brother, Roger (Caro, 1995k). Steven Pfiel had always maintained that he didn’t murder a 13-year-old Palos Hills girl, and his older brother, Roger, had been his most vocal defender. Authorities say that after standing ov When Steven Pfiel pleaded guilty in August to the July 1993 stabbing death of 13-year-old Hillary Norskog of Palos Hills, any sense of closure for the families involved was overshadowed by the ange Steven Pfiel, 18, was charged with first-degree murder Saturday after surrendering to police about six hours after his 19-year-old brother's death was reported. The coroner said Roger Pfiel died of multiple stab wounds and blows to the head. Police released a statement saying Steven confessed to the crime. SEATTLE — Should Steven Pfiel’s parents have seen the signs of their son’s 5-inch blade. And three weeks later, on July 12, 1993, Pfiel used the knife to murder 13-year-old Hillary Steven Pfeil More News. On St. Patrick’s Day, Roger and Gayle Pfiel relaxed at a party – a respite from their waking nightmare, the murder accusation against their youngest son that had hung over their family for more than a year. They returned home to find a cataclysm. Norskog’s attorney ran down a list of disturbing similarities among Steven Pfiel’s pre-murder behavior and the behavior of Laurie Dann, who gunned down a 2nd-grade boy in her 1988 Winnetka Get access to Newspapers.com. The largest online newspaper archive; 300+ newspapers from the 1700's - 2000's; Millions of additional pages added every month Steven Pfeil More News. On St. Patrick’s Day, Roger and Gayle Pfiel relaxed at a party – a respite from their waking nightmare, the murder accusation against their youngest son that had hung over their family for more than a year. They returned home to find a cataclysm. The murder of Pfiel's brother also comes a year after the Pfiel family decided not to move to St. John to escape threats and questions about the Norskog case from people in and around Palos Park. UPDATE: Mom charged along with boyfriend in 5-year-old’s death; Missing Wheatfield woman found alive after spending 6 days trapped in ditch; At least 5 injured in 3-vehicle I-94 crash CRETE - It was St. Patrick's Day, a time for Roger and Gayle Pfiel to relax After Steven Pfiel pleaded guilty Friday to murdering 13-year-old Hillary Norskog, he was asked whether he had anything to say. It was a moment that Hillary’s relatives and friends in the pac Norskog v. Pfiel, No. 1-99-1829 Norskog v. Pfiel, No. 1-99-1829 1st District, June 30, 2000 FOURTH DIVISION. MARSHA NORSKOG, Indiv. and as Adm'r of the Estate of Hillary Norskog, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ROGER PFIEL, GAYLE PFIEL and STEVEN PFIEL, Defendants-Appellants. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County. No. 95 L 10905 JUSTICE HALL delivered the opinion of the court: Defendants Roger and Gayle Pfiel appeal from the April 30, 1999, order holding them in civil contempt for refusing to comply with prior orders of the court directing them to identify any mental health providers seen by their son Steven Pfiel and the dates on which each provider saw him, and to appear and testify at their depositions as to
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