NewsJanuary 17, 2002

BELLEVILLE, Ill. -- A St. Clair County Circuit judge has ruled a New Athens teen-ager mentally fit to stand trial in the bludgeoning death of his mother last year. Christopher Bono, 18, has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Lucia Bono, 40, whose body was found in a bathtub in her New Athens home in April. Prosecutors have given no possible motive in the case...

The Associated Press

BELLEVILLE, Ill. -- A St. Clair County Circuit judge has ruled a New Athens teen-ager mentally fit to stand trial in the bludgeoning death of his mother last year.

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Christopher Bono, 18, has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Lucia Bono, 40, whose body was found in a bathtub in her New Athens home in April. Prosecutors have given no possible motive in the case.

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