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Hilary Shenfeld’s Biography

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Hilary Shenfeld is a Chicago-based news, culture and features reporter and writer whose work has appeared in print and online editions of People magazine, Newsweek, A&E Real Crime, the Chicago Tribune, Make It Better magazine, iVillage.com and more. Previously worked on staff as a senior features writer, city and metro reporter for the Daily Herald, the third largest newspaper in Illinois; the State Journal-Register in Springfield, Ill.; and the Boca Raton (Fla.) News.

Hilary Shenfeld’s Journalist Portfolio

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Woman Spends $19,000 on Kidney Transplant for 17-Year-Old Cat, Adopts Donor Feline

Woman Spends $19,000 on Kidney Transplant for 17-Year-Old Cat, Adopts Donor Feline

Stan the cat has fully recovered and his donor fur buddy Jay is fitting in with the family just fine.

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'They Don't Know Who They're Hurting': Porch Pirates Steal 4-Year-Old's Kidney Transplant Medicine

'They Don't Know Who They're Hurting': Porch Pirates Steal 4-Year-Old's Kidney Transplant Medicine

Thieves swiping Christmas packages from porches have become unfortunately common, but a recent theft from a U…

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Texas Man Warns Irma Victims After Getting Flesh-Eating Bacteria From Harvey Floodwaters

Texas Man Warns Irma Victims After Getting Flesh-Eating Bacteria From Harvey Floodwaters

At some point, however, an insect bit his hand - which he didn't realize at the time - and his hand dipped in…

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Clues from Beyond the Grave: When Victims Help Solve Their Own Murders

Clues from Beyond the Grave: When Victims Help Solve Their Own Murders

By the time Lizette Cuesta was found, the 19-year-old woman didn't have much longer to live. She had been sta…

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What's It REALLY Like to Be a Crime-Scene Investigator?

What's It REALLY Like to Be a Crime-Scene Investigator?

A teacher is dead on her bedroom floor, hands bound and head caked with blood from a gaping hole. Soon, glamo…

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'Good Samaritan' Laws and Drug-Overdose Victims

'Good Samaritan' Laws and Drug-Overdose Victims

Chicago has the highest number of heroin-related emergency-room visits in major metropolitan areas, followed …

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Cause of Death Revealed for 17-Year-Old Girl Who Died After Becoming Unresponsive During Dental Procedure

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Legacy.com Sophia "Sophie" Farmer NEED TO KNOW Sophia Farmer was undergoing a wisdom teeth extraction procedure in July when she became unresponsive, Grayslake Fire Department Chief Dan Pierre tells PEOPLE She died three days later After a three month investigation, the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office determined her cause and manner of death A cause of death has been revealed for a 17-year-old Illinois girl who fell unconscious during a wisdom teeth extraction procedure and was...
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How Summer Camp Devastated by Floods Responded to Middle-of-the-Night Alert Before the Water Drowned Them Original

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A view of Camp Mystic, the site of where at least 20 girls went missing after flash flooding in Hunt, Texas.
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After Camp Owner Died Helping Campers in Texas Flood, His Grieving Family Is ‘Trying to Make Sense’ of the Tragedy Original

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Camp Mystic.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Cops reporter for the Boca Raton News.

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