The understatement sounds ridiculous now. Robin had apparently told the police that she was convinced one of her brothers killed their parents. The boy grabbed a knife but worried stabbing might be too slow. Courtesy of Illinois Department of Corrections, A shirtless Billy Rouse, 15, sits outside his family home on June 6, 1980, while police investigate the savage slayings of his parents in their bedroom. The June 6, 1980 murder of Bruce and Darlene Rouse went unsolved until Rouse was picked up by Florida police last fall as a robbery suspect. Rouse confessed to killing his parents, Bruce and Darlene Rouse, on June 5, 1980. When Bruce Rouse jolted awake, Billy Rouse fired a second blast at his father, then pulled a knife and plunged it six times into his father's heart, authorities said. Even as a little kid.". William. Michael Blazincic and state's attorney's investigator David Ostertag to visit Rouse in a Florida lock-up. He knows history is out of his control, and that bad things happen in every community but, "I always describe Libertyville as what Norman Rockwell would have painted.". He got married and fathered two sons before his wife divorced him. In the film, Norton portrayed retired Air Force colonel Eric Byer, who decides to terminate an illegal operation after it is exposed to the FBI, and kill everyone involved. Leaving work one day, he was attacked, stabbed and left for dead . Robin Rouse, at age 19, died in a single-car crash in Racine County, Wis., in 1983. [5] Norton was cast as Baldwin IV, the leper king of Jerusalem, in 2005's epic historical film Kingdom of Heaven. [173] He is selective in choosing his roles, explaining that, "You don't want to do anything just to work with somebody. Robin Rouse was her daddy's girl. I ve been off center and unfocused. Kurt married and moved to California. [68] His performance was well received by critics, with The New Yorker calling him "intelligent and incisive one of those rare actors who hold the audience's attention with everything they say". Everybody should be uncomfortable with it. And through the years, the house on Milwaukee Avenue became known as "Murder Mansion," a reputation reinforced when it was sold and turned into an illicit casino. [94] It was a box office success, grossing over $263 million. Rouse confessed to killing his parents, Bruce and Darlene Rouse, on June 5, 1980. [126] She said that Norton had been a "mediator" and "communicator" between her and her daughter Frances Bean Cobain, calling him a "force of good". This originated with his concerns over environmental issues and sustainable development in addition to housing problems. [152] The company has invested $9 billion in equity capital, pre-development lending, mortgage financing, and house building for low-income Americans. At least half the jurors attended his sentencing. [51] The film received mixed critical reviews. As a teenager growing up in Libertyville, Rouse dabbled in booze and drugs and quarreled constantly with his parents when they tried to discipline him, authorities said. "There is no victory in anything like that," Gordon said. [109][110] In the black comedy Birdman, Norton played Broadway method actor Mike Shiner, who is talented but hard to work with. He then rented a studio space near The Public Theater and presented his auditions of Shakespearean works to her. Getting at Robin, they agreed, was the most likely way of breaking the code of silence. He lived in an old servant's cottage behind the family's home because of his strained relationship with his parents, and later moved to California. 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[15] He made his professional debut at the age of eight in the musical Annie Get Your Gun at his hometown's Toby's Dinner Theatre. [77] The Houston Chronicle similarly lauded the film for its vibrant plot and described Norton's performance as "mysterious and understated". [69] Rolling Stone praised his character as "perversely magnetic" despite giving the film a negative review. Kurt Rouse married and moved to California, and Billy Rouse drifted down to Key West, where he squandered his share of the estate and ran afoul of the law. He starred as scoutmaster Randy Ward in charge of finding his missing camper in the coming-of-age film Moonrise Kingdom, directed by Wes Anderson. [64] His other lead role was in the action thriller The Bourne Legacy, the fourth installment in the Bourne series. "With his shaggy hair and faraway eyes, Kurt had a certain air of Manson family about him," writer Dominick Dunne said when his TV crime series, "Power, Privilege, and Justice," took on the Rouse murders. Later, he and several friends went on a vandalism rampage of three Libertyville schools. [49][50], In 2000, Norton made his directorial debut with the romantic comedy Keeping the Faith, starring as a priest named Brian Finn. "[2] Sharing the same sentiment, Forbes complimented Norton as "a far cry" from celebrities who do charity works "with a keen eye to furthering their personal brand," citing his involvements in community planning and social entrepreneurship even before his film career. With Bronte Carmichael, Richard E. Grant, Gillian Anderson, Adeel Akhtar. Today, friends recall the Rouse murders with a mixture of curiosity, fear and dread. In 1983, Robin told authorities that she suspected one of her brothers was responsible for her parents' murder, but the day before she was set to talk to police, she got into an accident. [164][175][176], In November 2020, Norton criticized then-US President Donald Trump for his unfounded claims of election fraud at the 2020 United States presidential election, as a "contemptible, treasonous, seditious assault on the stability of the country and its institutions. He lived as a drifter, always in trouble with alcohol, drugs and petty crimes. [28] Norton starred in two other films released in 1996; he played Holden Spence in the musical Everyone Says I Love You and lawyer Alan Isaacman in the biographical drama The People vs. Larry Flynt. One was an air ball., Go big or go home. Young people traveled the route often those days, because the drinking age was 18 in Wisconsin as opposed to 21 in Illinois. The killings were a jarring reality check that tempered our idealism and conflicted with our youthful disdain for authority. Billy Rouse didn't testify during his trial, but his attorneys raised the specter that his brother was the killer. ", Fagan asked another question. [178] His biggest commercial successes are Red Dragon (2002), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), The Incredible Hulk (2008), and The Bourne Legacy (2012), all of which grossed over $200 million worldwide. "He knew what the score was. [114] Norton had wanted to work on the project since 1999 but did not begin until Brett Ratner, director of 2002's Red Dragon, joined in to help production. she recalled him asking her. Bruce and Darlene Rouse were self-made millionaires who took up residence in a 13-bedroom mansion in unincorporated Libertyville at 2057 N. Milwaukee Ave., a few blocks north of Route 137. The death of the current Robin happened during the New 52, in 2013's Batman Inc. #8 (by Grant Morrison, Chris Burnham and Jason Masters). Waller did not to seek the death penalty because of Rouses age at the time of the murders. October 12, 1992. Courtesy of Illinois Department of Corrections. Not really. [62] Despite mixed reviews, Red Dragon was Norton's most profitable venture in 2002, grossing over $200 million. Four months later, a surveyor wading into the river during a road-widening project stumbled upon guns and a garbage bag of items that included a purse and wallet with a driver's license. While in 6th grade, Billy had been sent to the principal's office for setting off a false fire alarm. [62] Nevertheless, a few collaborators with whom Norton reportedly had disputes have expressed their respect for him: Kaye wanted to feature Norton in some of his other ventures, and Ratner offered to help with production of Norton's film Motherless Brooklyn and got along well with Norton. [105] This production venture received a mixed response. Born into slavery. [89] Norton did not participate in promoting the film and went to Africa for humanitarian activities instead,[62] it led to rumors that Norton was sparking conflicts with the film's producers. ``There was a long time between the crime and the guilty verdict, prosecutor Michael Waller said. "[134], Norton also learned he is a distant cousin of fellow actor Julia Roberts. If I had told anybody anything about it, it had to have been in a drunken stupor, which ain't unusual for me to be in a drunken stupor," Billy Rouse told Fagan during his confession. [34] The New Yorker wrote that he gave Derek an "ambiguous erotic allure" which made the film memorable,[35] while the Chicago Tribune deemed his performance an immediate contender for an Oscar. Suburban Crime DAILY HERALD FILE, On the day Kurt, Robin and Billy Rouse attended their parents' funeral, Lake County sheriff's detective Chuck Fagan started investigating the heinous crime. Today, friends recall the Rouse murders with a mixture of curiosity, fear and dread. They were among the wealthier families in the community, and lived in a woodsy estate in unincorporated Libertyville, just outside the village boundary. [142][143] He raised over $1.2 million for the Trust after completing his run. [99] He had two lead film roles in 2010. Kurt Rouse, 36, took the witness stand and denied killing his parents. [138] The initiative was welcomed by many of Norton's fellow celebrities, notably Salma Hayek, Brad Pitt, Danny DeVito, Alicia Silverstone and Robin Williams. His rebound downs Marian Catholic. In March 2022, on the day of another sentencing of Russian opposition leader and political prisoner Alexei Navalny, Norton became the first celebrity sponsor of the international Anti-Corruption Foundation. [97], He also starred in the crime drama Pride and Glory (2008) as Ray Tierney, an honest detective assigned to investigate the precinct run by his older brother. [19], In 1995, casting agent Shirley Rich discovered Norton. American actor, filmmaker and activist Edward Harrison Norton was born on August 18, 1969, in Boston, Massachusetts, and was raised in Columbia, Maryland. In Libertyville, where the Rouses were prominent in business, social and civic circles, reactions to the confession ran the gamut from relief to disbelief. Actions not words of sympathy or support. Rousey now live streams gameplay on WWE's own streaming service but will surely move back to Twitch if her contract expires. [71] Reviewers criticized the film's lack of depth, despite the spectacular cinematography. Robin Robin: Directed by Daniel Ojari, Michael Please. [12][18] After graduating from Yale in 1991, conversant in Japanese, Norton worked not-for-profit as a representative for his grandfather's company Enterprise Community Partners in Osaka, Japan. says Fagan, who declined. Join Facebook to connect with Robin Rouse and others you may know. It wasn't that good of a shot, just grazed him more or less, and he fell back on the bed," Rouse says. As she slept that night, authorities said, Rouse crept into their bedroom armed with a shotgun, placed it at point-blank range between his mother's eyes and squeezed the trigger. [72] Jack Moore described Norton's performance in Kingdom of Heaven as "phenomenal", and "so far removed from anything that he has ever done that we see the true complexities of his talent". They stopped talking to police and refused to take lie detector tests or testify before a grand jury. When Billy Rouse moved to Florida, Fagan used his police connections to monitor his scrapes with the law. Norton, whose family had known of possible relation to Pocahontas and her husband John Rolfe for years, replied to the findings: "It makes you realize what a small piece of the human story you are". He was living on a houseboat in Key West, having squandered his share of the $2 million fortune his father made with a chain of gas stations. DAILY HERALD FILE, Lake County First Assistant State's Attorney Jeffrey Pavletic led the prosecution's case that solved a notorious murder in his hometown. [40] Fight Club premiered at the 1999 Venice International Film Festival. It's all about intellectual debate," Ratner told The Times in 2003. [146] At his designation ceremony, Norton said that biodiversity is an issue that "transcends national boundaries", with people "having lost sight" of the need for environmental protection. 25 February 2023. He is projected to finish his sentence in 2038, shortly before his 74th birthday. Today, friends recall the Rouse murders with a mixture of curiosity, fear and dread. [153] He attributed his involvement in community building to his upbringing in Columbia, Maryland, which is a planned city built in the 1960s and home to a diverse population. [136] He is an advocate for renewable energy, specifically solar energy. Sources for Lydia Robinson "Robin" Rouse 1 Howard County Times (Maryland), 10 NOV 2010, Obituary for mother Elizabeth Jamieson Winstead "Libby" Rouse. Rouse was living in a ramshackle houseboat with no doors when he was arrested in a 1995 bank robbery case. "They think one of the kids did it," my father said. A shirtless Billy Rouse, 15, sits outside his family home on June 6, 1980, while police investigate the savage slayings of his parents in their bedroom. "[19] AllMovie remarked that Norton attained "almost instant stardom" following his 1996 film debut in Primal Fear and could have risen to even greater fame. Norton emerged as a filmmaker in the 2000s. Set in 19th-century Austria-Hungary, The Illusionist was loosely based on novelist Steven Millhauser's short story "Eisenheim the Illusionist" and received generally positive critical reviews. [2][3] He is discreet about his personal life and has expressed no interest in being a celebrity. On the day Kurt, Robin and Billy Rouse attended their parents' funeral, Lake County sheriff's detective Chuck Fagan started investigating the heinous crime. This toad sitting on an oil pipe will not overthrow itself." He also starred in the film Fight Club (1999), which garnered a cult following. 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", When Fagan loaded Rouse into a car heading for the flight back to Illinois to face charges, "Billy asked, 'Could I drive?'" [129] Hayek still remains friends with Norton. Bruce Rouse was the next victim. Connect with the definitive source for global and local news. [12], At age five, Norton and his parents saw a musical related to Cinderella at the Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts (CCTA), starring his babysitter, which ignited his interest in the theater. The. The family were wealthy with Bruce having made a fortune. [92] The Wall Street Journal felt that Norton's presence improved the film to "a thunderously efficient enterprise" from the 2003 version. [74][75], Norton had two major film roles in 2006, starring as Eisenheim the magician in The Illusionist and bacteriologist Walter Fane in The Painted Veil. [15] In 1994, Norton auditioned for Albee's Finding the Sun but did not get the part. But police immediately wondered how the boy could have slept through the gunfire, even through a torrential thunderstorm that struck the area that night. Louisiana businessman Donald Rouse Sr. and the regional supermarket chain he co-owns became engulfed in controversy after a photo surfaced on Facebook showing him and his former human resources. "It was a tragic case.". For the next 15 years, Billy Rouse carried that secret with him, according to authorities. For the next 15 years,. [47] For his performance, Norton was nominated for Best Actor by the Online Film Critics Society. A Shocking Confession In 1995, the Libertyville police received a call from the police in Key West. He finished every time., Lifes a beach under the basket for Lemonts Miles Beachum. His sister, coming home later from a high school dance at Lake Forest Academy, went to bed, while Billy Rouse gathered up the evidence and left. Both a sister and older brother were home that night; police never learned what happened from either sibling. Billy Rouse became the focus of Chuck Fagan, then a detective with the Lake County sheriff's department. Their hopes were dashed, however, on a Friday afternoon in August, 1983, when Robin Rouse, alone in her car . Robin Rouse, at age 19, died in a single-car crash in Racine County, Wis., in 1983. [80] Entertainment Weekly appreciated that Norton's production effort did not affect his conventionally compelling acting. Only 15 when he killed his parents in a notorious Libertyville crime in 1980, William "Billy" Rouse was convicted of their murders in 1996. His role as a reformed neo-Nazi in American History X (1998) earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. Consequently, he took over the editing (uncredited) and finished the final cut, which was 40 minutes longer than Kaye's version. He later took lessons from acting coach Terry Schreiber after discovering he was looking for a Japanese translator to help direct a play in Tokyo. After graduating from Yale College in 1991, he worked for a few months in Japan before moving to Manhattan to pursue an acting career. [111] The Los Angeles Times lauded him for successfully portraying the volatility of the character,[112] and Newsday complimented his "truly moving" poetic delivery. In a videotaped confession, Rouse said he killed his parents after a confrontation with his mother over his drug use in which she threatened to send him to military school. The children, guided by relatives, lawyered up almost immediately. So the speculation began. [144][145] The website uses a social-networking framework to help raise funds for charity. [160][162] He also expressed "grave concerns" over the Trump administration's position regarding climate change. In 1984, while living in a transient hotel, Rouse went to jail for 60 days after he disrupted a chess game and stabbed a man. He and his wife, Darlene, were well-known in Libertyville and lived in a 13-room house with an indoor pool and horses on their estate. [98] In 2009, Norton produced the documentary By the People: The Election of Barack Obama, which follows former U.S. president Barack Obama's campaigns leading to his 2008 election victory. "I got in the car and drove around," he said. ", Filming around the village started in the fall, but it's uncertain if and when the documentary will be aired, Weppler said. [53] Entertainment Weekly remarked that Norton's emergence as a director was decent, but criticized the plot because it "proposes heavy theological aims, then disavows any such thing". Robin thanked Howard, Fred, Gary and Ronnie for being amazing throughout the ordeal. The Score and Norton's performance was well received. The children refused to testify before a grand jury and a coroner's inquest, leaving authorities stymied in their efforts-even though at one point, Robin reportedly told police that she believed one of her brothers had committed the crime. [172], Norton has a strict work ethic and a high desire for professionalism. Her spine injury causes her constant pain, and she . [83] His next lead film role was Marvel Cinematic Universe's Bruce Banner, and the accompanying alter ego Hulk in the big-budget superhero film The Incredible Hulk, released in 2008. Booking photo of William Rouse on Oct. 14, 1995. His earlier misses? Yes, he said, because it really messed up his sister. In this stop-motion short film, a bird raised by mice begins to question where she belongs and sets off on a daring journey of self-discovery. [38], In the 1999 David Fincher-directed film Fight Club, Norton played an unnamed unreliable narrator who feels trapped in his white-collar job. [48] Despite under-performing at the box office, Fight Club became a cult classic after its DVD release in 2000. Fagan had the foresight to videotape Rouse's confession on Oct. 13, 1995, years before that became common, and the result was chilling. 1945 - 2020. Hopes of cracking the case were dashed when Robin died in a car crash in 1983. [102] The film was acclaimed by critics[103] and grossed over $68 million. The musical, starring Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor, had everything from modern music, two star-crossed lovers and an epic stage show of grand proportions. View the profiles of people named Robin Rouse. The job consumed him from early in the morning until late at night. [62][115] Some publications interpreted Norton's performance in Birdman (2014), in which he portrays a talented but volatile actor, as a self-referential nod to his image. Bruce Rouse's estate included his Libertyville area service stations and holdings in real estate, a ready-mix concrete business and a cable television company; it was valued at $950,000. A Lake County crime boss was bludgeoned to death on a staircase in the home before a federal investigation closed the operation down, according to news accounts. Robin Rouse was her daddy's girl. [31] His role in the crime drama American History X, released later that year, earned him widespread acclaim. After their parents' murders, rumors spread quickly. 2023 Getty Images. With the tragedy finally given closure, she smiled. I had read about the country since I was a child - obsessively from my mid-twenties onwards - and it was Holy Land for me. He established the production company Class 5 Films in 2003, and was director or producer of the films Keeping the Faith (2000), Down in the Valley (2005), and The Painted Veil (2006). [55] The San Francisco Chronicle stated that despite starring with screen legends De Niro and Brando, Norton's acting "outdoes even that of Brando". Sixteen years later, he would confess and be convicted of their murders. The film, as well as Norton's performance, was well received by critics. [159], During the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections, Norton supported but did not actively campaign for the Democratic nominee Barack Obama, saying that "it's much more interesting to encourage people to engage than to suggest that people should model themselves on me and my views". In 1995, Billy Rouse was living in a ramshackle houseboat in Key West, Fla., having squandered his inheritance on drugs and alcohol, when police came calling again in connection with a bank robbery, according to news reports. Besides acting and filmmaking, he is an environmental activist and social entrepreneur. So I was not surprised when I read that Mayor Terry Weppler in October made a point of telling the documentary's film crew during a Libertyville board meeting that the Rouse mansion was actually outside the village proper. On June 6, 1980, they were murdered in their bed. "The day they had the funerals, I started on that case," says Fagan, who spent three days going over "every inch, every passage" of the Rouse house and found clues such as vomit in a trash can and fecal matter in the boy's underwear. [15] Norton recalled that it was theater and not films that inspired him to act. They said they had Billy Rouse in custody. Kurt Rouse and Robin Rouse leave United Methodist Church of Libertyville after the funeral of their slain parents, Bruce and Darlene Rouse, on June. Streamline your workflow with our best-in-class digital asset management system. As a strikebreaker, he crossed both union and racial lines. [14], In 1984, Norton won the acting cup at Pasquaney, an annual summer camp for boys in Hebron, New Hampshire, where he later returned as a theater director. Impressed by his acting, she introduced Norton to the executives of the noir drama Primal Fear, an adaptation of William Diehl's 1993 novel. "I hope now," she said, "they'll leave this house alone. Even through the lens of jaded youth, the murders were shocking. It needs to be acknowledged first and foremost, and then it needs to be contended with. Later, the abandoned building was demolished, leaving room only for memories. Wife Darlene was a member of all the right clubs and organizations,. Did I know the family? Lake County First Assistant State's Attorney Jeffrey Pavletic led the prosecution's case that solved a notorious murder in his hometown. "Well, my dad sat up real quick, looked at me and the trigger went off again. And they added that just hours before Darlene and Bruce Rouse were slain in their sprawling mansion just north of town, Billy Rouse had the last bout with his mother. "It was creepy-scary," said Cindy Hutson, 54, who lived in Mundelein, where the Rouses were also well known. It received negative critical feedback for its plot. "I wanted his attention, so I set his bed on fire," Rouse recalled. In1983 tragedy struck once again when 20-year-old Robin was killed in an unrelated car accident. "I did it for shock value, and there was none.". Robin age 16, and son, Billy age 15, lived in the main house. She remembers glancing at the family mansion every time she headed north on Milwaukee Road to Wisconsin. Their sister Robin died in a 1983 car accident. [138][139], Norton is a supporter of the African Wildlife Foundation and its "Say No" campaign which raises awareness and fights against illegal poaching of elephants and rhinoceroses for ivory and horn. Robin Rouse. "My big concern is they want to talk about the gambling. Timeka Gordon and Fred Rouse III stand behind 100 roses left at the site where Rouse's grandfather Fred Rouse was attacked 100 years ago at the Fort Worth Stockyards. He confessed to the murders, was arrested, convicted a year later and is serving an 80-year sentence. Time magazine labeled him "excellent",[46] and Variety magazine was impressed by his embracing a range of techniques needed for his character. Whenever Rouse had interactions with police because of public drunkenness or other minor infractions, Fagan chatted him up, building an uncanny, almost friendly relationship with his suspect. William Rouse, 31, was 15 when he shot his parents in the bedroom of their mansion. Documentary Crime In the town of Libertyville, IL, Bruce and Darlene Rouse appear to have everything: wealth, success and three wonderful children. Living under that cloud, Kurt took his estimated $600,000 inheritance, moved to California and forged a new life. Pleased with the verdict, Pavletic points to a comment from the late Daily Herald reporter Tony Gordon, who covered the case for decades. KEY WEST - There were two constants in William Rouse's life in this hideaway town: Busch beer and a deadly secret. . A 1996 jury deliberated eight hours before finding Rouse guilty of the murders. Both received weak reviews; Leaves of Grass was praised for Norton's performance but criticized for its conflicting tonal shifts,[100] while Stone was panned because of a clumsy plot with excessive twists. Her author profile at Penguin Random House notes that she . [136] He narrated the four-part National Geographic documentary Strange Days on Planet Earth (2005), which examines earth system science. He is projected to finish his sentence in 2038, shortly before his 74th birthday. 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