Crime & Safety
Murder Trial Set for Deerfield Man
Judge gives Daniel Baker until July 27 to decide if he will claim insanity.
An Oct. 9 trial date was set today in Waukegan for with a baseball bat April 1, 2010, according to a report in the Chicago Tribune.
While setting the October date, Judge Daniel Shanes gave Baker lawyer Ed Genson until July 27 to decide whether to mount an insanity defense, according to the story. . Genson has been considering such a move but no final decision has been made.
Today’s hearing also marked the first time Baker spoke to the judge when he thanked him at the end of the hearing. Unlike other hearings when Baker appeared erratic and unkempt, this time he was quiet and well groomed, according to the story.
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Baker is charged with the slaying of Marina Aksman in her Vernon Hills home more than two years ago and then leaving with her daughter and his then girlfriend, Kristina Aksman, in the victim’s car.
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