Fool in Love Lost $40,000 on Cambodian Bride Scam: Patch PM

Cold Feet for Cambodian Wedding Scammer?

Wanted for allegedly swindling a co-worker with promises of a Cambodian bride, Sayannee Kim was expected to surrender but has yet to turn herself in. The man lost $40,000, money he’d saved to buy a house as he sent dollar after dollar overseas in response to various requests from his “bride to be.” He even helped the co-worker who’d ripped him off move out of her house. Still, the man told Patch, he just hopes the woman who took all of his money can get her life together.

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Accused Hatchet Killer Needs Mental-Health Evaluation

• If convicted, Cristian Loga-Negru, an Arlington Heights man who drove to Wisconsin to kill his wife who’d gone into hiding, faces life in prison stemming from her brutal death in November 2014.

North Shore Billionaire Gives University $2 Million to Study Transgender Issues

• Funds from the Jennifer Pritzker Foundation will establish a chair for transgender studies at a Canadian university.

Trader Joe’s Recalls Raw Cashew Pieces Over Salmonella Risk

• One specific lot is possibly contaminated with Salmonella, but all Trader Joe’s Raw Cashew Pieces have been recalled.

Missing Woodstock Girl Dies After Shooting in Arizona

• Authorities said Faith Kies was shot by a 24-year-old man. The man then took his own life.

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