Earl Evleth wrote:
> Authorities Capture Illinois Man Suspected in as Many as 8 Deaths
>
> By Kari Lydersen
> Wa****ngton Post Staff Writer
> Wednesday, July 2, 2008; Page A02
>
> CHICAGO, July 1 -- A convicted felon sought in connection with as many
as
> eight slayings over the past week was captured by Illinois state police
> Tuesday night just north of St. Louis, authorities said.
>
> The arrest in Granite City, Ill., of Nicholas T. Sheley came hours
after
> Illinois and Missouri police and the FBI had announced a manhunt for the
> 28-year-old.
>
> A Granite City police spokeswoman told the Associated Press that Sheley
was
> in custody there, but she declined to give details. Chicago's WFLD-TV
> re****ted that he was arrested in a Granite City bar, where patrons and
> employees had called police after they became suspicious of him.
>
> Sheley faces charges of first-degree murder, aggravated battery and
> vehicular hijacking in the death of Ronald Randall, whose body was found
> Monday behind a grocery store in Galesburg, in northwestern Illinois,
police
> said.
This is near where I grew up...
Except that it's really not in "northwestern" Illinois, but in west -
central Illinois...
IIRC notorious serial killer Richard Speck started his 1966 murder spree
in
nearby Monmouth, IL (birthplace of Wyatt Earp and home of Monmouth
College)...
This area is relatively isolated and very sparsely populated, such a crimi
could move around with relative ease, at least for awhile...
These days there is a big problem with meth labs, it's invaded even the
smallest towns. Plus which, the east - west Interstate 80 corrider close
by
is a major transit route for drugs...
--
Best
Greg
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