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New piping plover ? Johnson at one year in office ? Northern lights in Illinois ? Devo concert ✍️ Ask Amy ? Today in History Featured Prosecutor opposes bill to help moms whose babies are born with drugs in system A proposal to change the way Illinois handles mothers with drug use disorders is meant to prioritize treatment, but has prompted grave concerns” from a prosecutor who handled one infamous case. Family photo Andrew "AJ" Freund plays with toy cars at a family event in McHenry County. AJ was placed in a foster home at birth because he was born with drugs in his system, but his parents worked to regain custody. Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune Colorful toy cars, superhero figures, toys, flowers and flags adorn the gravestone of 5-year-old Andrew "AJ" Freund at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum on Dec. 5, 2019 in Palatine. John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune McHenry County coroner investigators load the body of AJ Freund into a minivan in an unincorporated area near Woodstock on April 24, 2019. The boy’s parents have been charged in his death. John Starks/Daily Herald JoAnn Cunningham, 37, cries during her sentencing hearing in Woodstock, July 16, 2020. Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune A K-9 officer works near the home of 5-year-old AJ Freund on April 18, 2019, in Crystal Lake. The boy had been reported missing but later was found dead. Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune In an August 2019 photo, painted boards cover the windows of the Crystal Lake house where Andrew Freund and JoAnn Cunningham lived with their son AJ and his younger brother. AJ was reported missing in April; his body was found days later. His parents are accused of killing him. Matthew Apgar/Northwest Herald Andrew Freund Sr. is led into the courtroom at Sullivan Judicial Center for his guilty pleas and sentencing, Sept. 18, 2020, in Woodstock. He plead guilty to charges in connection to his son’s death and will serve 30 consecutive years. Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune Regan Bruski stands outside her home on Aug. 6, 2019, in Crystal Lake. On May 2, Bruski and her uncle erected the sign in memory of AJ Freund. John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune A police officer watches as sisters Nicole and Lindsey Kvasnicka place flowers, candles and a stuffed bear on the lawn of the home of missing 5-year-old AJ Freund in Crystal Lake on April 19, 2019. Abel Uribe / Chicago Tribune A small memorial on the front lawn of AJ Freund’s home in Crystal Lake on April 20, 2019. Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune Divers search for AJ Freund in the pond at Veterans Acres Park on April 23, 2019, in Crystal Lake. Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune Family belongings can be seen as workers tear down the home where AJ Freund lived in Crystal Lake on March 4, 2020. John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune A McHenry County sheriff’s officer walks to his vehicle from a wooded area in an unincorporated area near Woodstock on April 24, 2019. The body of AJ Freund was found at the location, and the boy’s parents have been charged in his death. Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune Janelle Butler, a neighbor of the Freund and Cunningham family, stands along Dole Avenue in Crystal Lake on Oct. 21, 2019. Blue ribbons for AJ remain tied around street signs near his home. "Their house is a daily reminder of the tragedy that happened there," Butler said. "It has made people withdraw." Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune Andrew Freund and JoAnn Cunningham hug at a vigil for their son AJ, who had been reported missing, at Crystal Lake Beach on April 20, 2019. John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune Mourners gather outside the Crystal Lake home of 5-year-old AJ Freund for a vigil on April 24, 2019. AJ’s body was found in nearby Woodstock. Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune Mary Becker straightens a large teddy bear on the front steps of AJ Freund’s home on the day of a community celebration in honor of what would have been his sixth birthday, on Oct. 13, 2019. Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune A memorial for AJ Freund grows outside of his family’s home on April 25, 2019, in Crystal Lake. Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune JoAnn Cunningham leaves the courtroom after a status hearing with Judge Robert Wilbrandt at the McHenry County Courthouse on Feb. 27, 2020 in Woodstock. In December she pleaded guilty to killing her 5-year-old son, AJ Freund. Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune A police officer carries paper bags out of the home of 5-year-old AJ Freund on April 18, 2019. The boy had been reported missing, and authorities including the FBI were involved in a search. Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune A huge memorial for 5-year-old AJ Freund, shown April 25, 2019, formed outside his family’s home in Crystal Lake. AJ’s body was found about 7 miles away from his home. Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune A police K-9 searches in front of the home of 5-year-old Andrew "AJ" Freund on April 18, 2019, in Crystal Lake. Law enforcement personnel from throughout the area were searching for the missing boy. Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune Andrew Freund, AJ’s father, attends a vigil for his son at Crystal Lake Beach on April 20, 2019. John Starks/Daily Herald JoAnn Cunningham listens to her attorney, Angelo Mourelatos, during her sentencing hearing in Woodstock on July 16, 2020. She pled guilty in December to killing her five-year-old son in her Crystal Lake home. Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune Two balloons are tied to the gate leading to the field where the body of AJ Freund was found on April 25, 2019, in an unincorporated area near Woodstock. Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune Andrew Freund and JoAnn Cunningham, parents of missing 5-year-old boy AJ Freund, embrace during a vigil at Crystal Lake Beach on April 20, 2019. They were later charged with fatally beating the boy. Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune Signs warning against trespassing and a lock and chain mark the gate leading to the rural land where the body of AJ Freund was found in April 2019. The area is shown Aug. 6, 2019. Robert McCoppin/Chicago Tribune Law enforcement personnel remove evidence from the Freund home on Dole Avenue in Crystal Lake as the...