Crime & Safety

AUDIO: 911 Call in Palos Township Double Murder Released

Listen to the 911 call 17-year-old John Granat made Sunday morning to report that his parents were dead.

John Granat, 17, called 911 on Sunday, Sept. 11, at 7:11 a.m. to report that his parents were dead in their bedroom and that their home on the 12700 block of S. 81st Court in unincorporated Palos Township had been ransacked.

Granat was charged with two counts of first degree murder in the deaths of his parents John, 44, and Maria Granat, 42.

The Cook County Sheriff's office released the full recording of the 911 call Tuesday evening.

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