7am News, Sports and Obits

Latest WGIL news
Click to play or
Right click and "Save Target As" to download
Click for Galesburg, Illinois Forecast
Home - Cancellations - Community Events - Contact Us - Mornings - News - Obituaries - Pictures - Programs - Special Events Audio - Sports - Weather
Sheley Pleads Not Guilty to 2008 Whiteside County Killings
POSTED 3:49pm 9/26/11 MORRISON, Ill. (AP) -- Accused spree killer Nicholas Sheley will fight charges that he allegedly killed five people in Illinois' Whiteside County in 2008.

The Quad City Times reports he pleaded not guilty during his arraignment Monday.

Sheley, of Sterling, is accused of eight killings during a 2008 crime spree in Illinois and Missouri. Last week, he was found guilty in Knox County in the beating death of Ronald Randall. Jurors deliberated for less than an hour before reaching a verdict.

Sheley is charged with killing 93-year-old Russell Reed of Sterling, who was found in the trunk of his car; 29-year-old Brock Branson, 25-year-old Kenneth Ulve, 20-year-old Kilynna Blake and her 2-year-old son, Dayan, were all found in an apartment in Rock Falls;

He is also accused of two deaths in Missouri.

(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

Story from WGIL after last Monday's verdict: CLICK HERE


(Nicholas Sheley. File Photo)
09 26 11 by Newsroom
News management powered by Xpression News

Click here for the WGIL News Archive

Click here for national news

The following provision applies to all visitors (which shall include persons and representatives of legal entities, whether such representatives are persons or digital engines of a kind that crawls, indexes, scrapes, copies, stores or transmits digital content). By accessing this Web site or digital service, you specifically acknowledge and agree that: (i) Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium; (ii) No Associated Press materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and non-commercial use; (iii) The Associated Press will not be held liable for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions therefrom or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof or for any damages arising from any of the foregoing; (iv) The Associated Press is an intended third party beneficiary of these terms and conditions and it may exercise all rights and remedies available to it; and (v) The Associated Press reserves the right to audit possible unauthorized commercial use of AP materials or any portion thereof at any time.