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Mother charged in son´s death
By PAUL WOOD, MIKE MONSON AND MARY SCHENK
© 2002 THE NEWS-GAZETTE
Published Online March 1, 2002
CHAMPAIGN ? A boy was dead and his brother hospitalized and their mother accused of killing them after they were attacked Thursday in their upscale southwest Champaign neighborhood.
Police responded to a call at 3:56 p.m. at 2804 Cherry Hills Drive.
Adam Feinberg, 10, was pronounced dead at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, at 4:55 p.m. Thursday. Matthew Feinberg, 6, was listed in critical condition there late this morning.
An autopsy was to be done on Adam later today.
They are the children of Dr. Samuel Feinberg and Dr. Ellen Feinberg, 43. Ellen Feinberg was arrested for murder, and taken to the county jail, where she remains on the highest level of supervision today.
"An officer is constantly in front of her door. She's at the satellite in a cell where staff can view her while they're booking people in, in addition to the officer," said Capt. Jim Young, who runs the jail. He said staff mental health counselors have also been called for her. Urbana attorney Steve Beckett has been hired to represent Feinberg.
Neighbor Alan Parker said he watched the woman being subdued on the ground and handcuffed, then saw the younger boy carried out with an oxygen mask on his face. Shortly afterward, the older boy was carried out and paramedics worked on his chest.
Neighbors described the Feinbergs as friendly and quiet members of the southwest Champaign neighborhood.
"They were normal, very nice, the last people you would ever think would have a tragedy like this," Parker said. "The kids do all the normal things kids do."
The father is a surgeon at Christie Clinic. Neighbors said the mother is a pediatrician.
Champaign police used crime scene tape to keep reporters and onlookers a few houses away from the Feinbergs' two-story, tan brick home. Several police and investigators milled about in the street and front yard.
Neighbors said they were stunned by the incident.
Jennifer Burnham, 19, who lives at 2801 Cherry Hills Drive, called the Feinbergs "your average family."
"They went to UI games and hung out. They like to do a lot of activities together. I never would have expected anything like this. I'm still in shock."
She described Ellen Feinberg as "a busy mom" and said she had a number of friends who, like the family, attended the Sinai Temple in Champaign.
"We all visited each other," Burnham said.
"She (Ellen Feinberg) just called me the other day because she needed something for a science project" for Adam.
"This is really scary," Burnham said.
"We've been talking about the Yates case in English class. ... I'm really surprised. I can understand why a mom gets stressed."
Debbie Errede, 2706 Cherry Hills Drive, arrived home at about 5 p.m. and learned of the tragedy from reporters.
"My daughter, Rachel, used to play with Adam. He's a beautiful little boy with blond hair. They (the family) used to go for walks. They were pretty quiet. Very polite," Errede said.
Janet Leroy, who also lives in the same subdivision, has known the Feinbergs for years through their membership at the Sinai Temple.
Leroy said Samuel Feinberg is on the temple board and performs religious circumcisions. Ellen Feinberg, Leroy said, is also very active, serving on the religious education and Holocaust education committees and teaches third grade at the temple.
"She was working on, and it came to fruition Feb. 15, a project where the older kids would lead a service," Leroy said.
She said Ellen Feinberg wanted to see the older children, who had had extensive religious training in preparation for their bar and bat mitzvahs, be able to put that to use.
"She always put her heart into everything," Leroy said, adding that Ellen Feinberg was also a mentor to a child in Champaign.
There were no classes scheduled today for Barkstall Elementary School, where Adam was a fifth-grader. Parent-teacher conferences were canceled.
Parents of students at Barkstall Elementary School and staff were meeting to discuss how to handle the aftermath of the tragedy. Adam was a fifth-grade student there.
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Mother charged in son´s death
By PAUL WOOD, MIKE MONSON AND MARY SCHENK
© 2002 THE NEWS-GAZETTE
Published Online March 1, 2002
CHAMPAIGN ? A boy was dead and his brother hospitalized and their mother accused of killing them after they were attacked Thursday in their upscale southwest Champaign neighborhood.
Police responded to a call at 3:56 p.m. at 2804 Cherry Hills Drive.
Adam Feinberg, 10, was pronounced dead at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, at 4:55 p.m. Thursday. Matthew Feinberg, 6, was listed in critical condition there late this morning.
An autopsy was to be done on Adam later today.
They are the children of Dr. Samuel Feinberg and Dr. Ellen Feinberg, 43. Ellen Feinberg was arrested for murder, and taken to the county jail, where she remains on the highest level of supervision today.
"An officer is constantly in front of her door. She's at the satellite in a cell where staff can view her while they're booking people in, in addition to the officer," said Capt. Jim Young, who runs the jail. He said staff mental health counselors have also been called for her. Urbana attorney Steve Beckett has been hired to represent Feinberg.
Neighbor Alan Parker said he watched the woman being subdued on the ground and handcuffed, then saw the younger boy carried out with an oxygen mask on his face. Shortly afterward, the older boy was carried out and paramedics worked on his chest.
Neighbors described the Feinbergs as friendly and quiet members of the southwest Champaign neighborhood.
"They were normal, very nice, the last people you would ever think would have a tragedy like this," Parker said. "The kids do all the normal things kids do."
The father is a surgeon at Christie Clinic. Neighbors said the mother is a pediatrician.
Champaign police used crime scene tape to keep reporters and onlookers a few houses away from the Feinbergs' two-story, tan brick home. Several police and investigators milled about in the street and front yard.
Neighbors said they were stunned by the incident.
Jennifer Burnham, 19, who lives at 2801 Cherry Hills Drive, called the Feinbergs "your average family."
"They went to UI games and hung out. They like to do a lot of activities together. I never would have expected anything like this. I'm still in shock."
She described Ellen Feinberg as "a busy mom" and said she had a number of friends who, like the family, attended the Sinai Temple in Champaign.
"We all visited each other," Burnham said.
"She (Ellen Feinberg) just called me the other day because she needed something for a science project" for Adam.
"This is really scary," Burnham said.
"We've been talking about the Yates case in English class. ... I'm really surprised. I can understand why a mom gets stressed."
Debbie Errede, 2706 Cherry Hills Drive, arrived home at about 5 p.m. and learned of the tragedy from reporters.
"My daughter, Rachel, used to play with Adam. He's a beautiful little boy with blond hair. They (the family) used to go for walks. They were pretty quiet. Very polite," Errede said.
Janet Leroy, who also lives in the same subdivision, has known the Feinbergs for years through their membership at the Sinai Temple.
Leroy said Samuel Feinberg is on the temple board and performs religious circumcisions. Ellen Feinberg, Leroy said, is also very active, serving on the religious education and Holocaust education committees and teaches third grade at the temple.
"She was working on, and it came to fruition Feb. 15, a project where the older kids would lead a service," Leroy said.
She said Ellen Feinberg wanted to see the older children, who had had extensive religious training in preparation for their bar and bat mitzvahs, be able to put that to use.
"She always put her heart into everything," Leroy said, adding that Ellen Feinberg was also a mentor to a child in Champaign.
There were no classes scheduled today for Barkstall Elementary School, where Adam was a fifth-grader. Parent-teacher conferences were canceled.
Parents of students at Barkstall Elementary School and staff were meeting to discuss how to handle the aftermath of the tragedy. Adam was a fifth-grade student there.
