The Nation - News from June 4, 1989
The Chicago-area man who pulled his 15-month-old son off a life support system at gunpoint and kept police at bay while the child died in his arms April 26 returned to the hospital for the second time in less than a week. Two days after he was taken to Mac Neal Hospital suffering from a violent reaction to the illegal drug PCP, Rudolfo Linares, 23, was admitted to the same hospital after an overnight arrest for alleged drunk driving. A hospital spokeswoman declined to disclose Linares’ condition or the reason for his hospitalization. Last month, a Cook County grand jury refused to indict Linares on murder charges in connection with his brain-damaged baby’s death.
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