Baby Killer From Channahon Pleads Guilty, Draws Prison Sentence

JOLIET —After spending nearly five years inside the Will County Jail facing first-degree murder charges for the violent death of his little 10-week-old daughter, Kora, Jonathan Middono accepted responsibility for his crime, pleading guilty to his murder charge on Monday morning in Courtroom 503 of Judge Carmen Goodman.

Now 34 years old, the Channahon resident received a 25-year prison term to the Illinois Department of Corrections, and he must serve the remainder of his sentence at 100 percent.

According to the Will County State's Attorney Jim Glasgow and his staff:

Middono, along with the mother and their 10-week-old daughter, Kora, moved into the Crest Hill Inn on Plainfield Road on May 30, 2019. Three days later, on June 2, Kora’s mother went to work and the infant was in Middono’s sole care. When the mother returned home from work that evening, she saw her baby needed medical care.

She and Middono took Kora to Morris Hospital. The baby had multiple skull fractures and was transferred to Lurie’s Children’s Hospital where she died of her injuries on June 3, 2019.

The cause of death was blunt force trauma.

Middono will receive 1,792 days credit for time already served in the Will County Jail. In other words, Middono will probably finish his time at the Illinois Department of Corrections when he is about 55 years old.

Glasgow thanked Assistant State’s Attorney Mark Fleszewski, Jonathon Sakellaropoulos, and Mark Shlifka, Administrative Professional Sharon Monson, and Victim Witness Advocate Jessica Gil, along with Sergeant Matthew Brooks, Detective Andrew McClellan, and Deputy Chief Craig Gunty of the Channahon Police Department, for their work on the case.

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