Stories Related to Timeline: Joann Cunningham: From Aj Freund Going Missing Until Her First-degree Murder Plea

Joann Cunningham pleaded guilty to first-degree murder of her 5-year-old son AJ Freund on Thursday, Dec. 5. Here is a timeline of events from when Freund was first reported missing, to Cunningham's murder plea. Records show that police and the Illinois Department of Child and Family Services had visited the Freund home on Dole Avenue multiple times over the course of AJ's short life, often finding living conditions filthy. Below is a timeline of events as they occured, beginning the first known time that DCFS had contact with Cunningham, before AJ was even born. Read 5 years of police reports from the couple's home on Dole Avenue. • June 7, 2012: DCFS received a call alleging inadequate supervision.