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Auburn man acquitted of first-degree murder found guilty of reckless homicide and other offenses from 2022 fatal crash

By Newsroom May 1, 2025 | 10:07 AM

An Auburn man was acquitted of first-degree murder but found guilty of reckless homicide and aggravated driving under the influence for a wrong-way fatal crash on Interstate 55 near Springfield in 2022.

A jury deliberated for less than an hour before returning the verdicts against 46-year-old Shane Woods. Another driver, 35-year-old Lauren Wegner of Skokie, was killed in the crash.

Woods faces three to five years in prison; sentencing is on August 19.

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