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First Day of Testimony Complete in Sheley Trial
The prosecution called a half-dozen witnesses in the first afternoon of testimony in the local case against accused spree killer Nicholas Sheley.

Three of the witnesses dealt with the theft of an Illinois Oil Products pickup truck from Rock Island in late-June of 2008, and the events leading up to it. The truck was later abandoned in Galesburg, where Sheley then allegedly stole 65-year old Ronald Randall's pickup truck after killing him.

Later, what turned out to be an expert witness on video surveillance was called. The man recently inspected the video surveillance system at the East Main Hy Vee store and gas station, and found it to be working properly.

A friend of Sheley's wife Holly next testified. She said she received a call from Nick Sheley the Saturday of the murder looking for Holly, said she wasn't there, and immediately called a Sterling police detective.

The defense tried to call into question the credibility of that witness, because she's currently living in Aurora as part of a work release program, serving out a sentence on a felony drug charge, and was previously convicted of theft a decade ago. She said she was scared when Nick Sheley called her.

Finally, a U.S. Cellular subpoena specialist testified, confirming the call received from a cell phone with a 563 area code, to Holly Sheley's friend.

The first full day of testimony will be Monday morning at 9 o'clock.
09 09 11 by Newsroom
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