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ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team
Monday, January 12, 2026 8:01PM
LAKE COUNTY, Ill. (WLS) — Marni Yang is back in court, fighting for a new trial.
She was convicted in 2011 of killing the girlfriend of former Chicago Bear Shaun Gayle.
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Rhoni Reuter was pregnant when she was shot and killed at her Deerfield condo in 2007.
Yang’s attorneys want a new trial to present new evidence and witnesses.
The hearing at the Lake County, Illinois Courthouse is expected to last a few days.
A judge granted Yang’s request to have her lawyers present new evidence in March of 2024.
She is serving a double life sentence after being convicted of first-degree murder.
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