Glendale Heights man accused of killing father
January 27, 2009
A 44-year-old Glendale Heights man who DuPage prosecutors called "a lifelong unemployed drug abuser" was charged with the murder of his 79-year-old father, authorities said this morning.
Bail was set this morning at $2 million for George Panos Jr. by Judge Brian Diamond.
Assistant State's Atty. Joseph Ruggiero said that George Panos Sr. was suffocated as he slept in his bedroom in the family home in the 1600 block of Paul Avenue.
Ruggiero said the death was originally called in by the defendant as a natural death, but four people have come forward to police claiming the defendant made recent death threats against his father.
After an autopsy indicated the death was not natural, the son confessed.
Ruggiero told Diamond of the defendant's long criminal record, including convictions for drug and sex offenses and at least three prison sentences.
He is charged with first-degree murder and, if convicted, faces up to life in prison.
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