No Sheley photos here; in court Monday
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Come Monday will be the start of a ongoing and recurring nightmare for many of us here in the Rock River Valley. One Nick Sheley is to appear in court for the killing of four in Rock Falls (a few blocks from where I report from) and one in Sterling, where I work.
For those really close to the situation, I want to apologize at the outset for what will transpire in the press. It will not be pretty and we will be a reminded of the brutal events during those days. But, it does need to be covered. It all depends on how and the details. I will never put his picture on my site. That is what he wants. I will, however, recap the events of the day, sad as they are.
HERE ARE A FEW DETAILS:
– As of now, Sheley has no attorney.
– Attorney Jeremy Karlin, who was used in Knox County, has indicated that he would represent him if asked.
– Some material from the Knox County trial will be used.
– Here, in Whiteside County, he will be tried on 25 counts of first degree murder. Other charges are in there as well.
– According to Prosecutors: clothing Sheley wore when he killed Ronald Randall may be used. It was found in the Rock Falls apartment. DNA was found on a cigarette butt in Russell Reed’s kitchen.
– Missouri has the death penalty. I have not been told whether they will seek it in that case. Jury members in this trial are being told that information, and thus, it may have an impact, even though we could never prove that.
– Much more security, that will be paid by us, will be used to get this criminal to and from the court in Morrison.
– They didn’t want him shackeled in Galesburg as it might influence the jury.
Ill. man accused
of bludgeoning 8 people in multi-state killing spree
…
Washington Post – 1 hour
ago
By AP, GALESBURG, Ill. – Jurors took less than an hour
Monday to convict an Illinois man of murder in the death of one of eight people he’s accused of bludgeoning to death across two states. Nicholas Sheley, who is accused in a June 2008 killing spree, …
Ill. man accused
in 8 slayings guilty in 1st trial
Seattle Post Intelligencer – 2 hours ago
US man accused in 8 slayings guilty in
1st trial
eTaiwan News – 2 hours
ago
AP A US man accused of killing eight people in a two-state killing spree has been convicted at his first trial. Accused spree killer Nicholas Sheley was found guilty Monday of murdering 65-year-old Ronald Randall
of Galesburg. …
Judge says he came
close to ruling a mistrial
Houston Chronicle – Sep 15,
2011
GALESBURG, Ill. (AP) – The judge presiding over the trial
of Nicholas Sheley said he was close to declaring a mistrial of the man accused of killing eight people in two states. Defense attorney Jeremy Karlin asked for a mistrial Thursday after a …
Sheley found
guilty of first degree murder
WQAD – Kristy Mergenthal – 1
hour ago
After a week on trial, accused spree killer Nicholas Sheley is now a convicted murderer. The jury handing down their verdict late Monday
afternoon. Guilty on all charges, including the first degree murder of
65-year-old Ronald Randall. …
Sheley Found
Guilty
WGIL Radio News – 3 hours
ago
In the end, the jury didn’t take long at all before
reaching a guilty verdict in the first trial of accused spree killer Nicholas
Sheley. The eight-man, four-woman jury took less than an hour Monday afternoon to find the 32-year old Sterling man guilty …
Jurors find Sheley guilty of Galesburg
murder
WJBC News – 3 hours
ago
GALESBURG – Jurors in Knox County have found Nicholas Sheley guilty of murder in the death of a Galesburg man. …
Jury Finds Sterling Man Guilty of
Murder
MyStateline.com – Alex de Leon – 3 hours
ago
Knox County – Nicholas Sheley, the man accused in a two
state killing spree, is found guilty in one of the murders. The verdict came down at about 4pm. The jury took even less time than that to come up with a verdict. It found Sheley guilty on seven …
Jury finds Sheley
guilty of murder
Galesburg Register-Mail – 4
hours ago
Nicholas Sheley is led out of the Knox County courthouse on Monday, September 19 after being found guilty of seven counts first-degree
murder, two counts of aggravated vehicular hijacking and one count of
possession of a stolen vehicle. …
Sheley guilty of
murder
cbs4qc.com – Mike Colón – 4 hours
ago
The jury in the Nicholas Sheley murder trial deliberated
less than an hour before returning with verdicts of guilty on Monday afternoon. Sheley was found guilty of Aggravated Vehicular Hijacking, Possession of a Stolen Vehicle, …