A decomposed body was found in this Maquo storage unit on Oct. 7.
Murder charges levied against a woman in the case of human remains being found in a Maquon storage locker were dismissed by a judge in Knox County Court Thursday.
50-year-old Marcy Oglesby had charges of murder, aggravated battery, and concealment of a homicidal death dismissed by Judge Andrew Doyle during a hearing.
This leaves Oglesby facing less serious charges of concealing the death of a person, forgery and not having a valid FOID card.
Knox County State’s Attorney Jeremy Karlin tells WGIL his office “respectfully disagrees with Judge Doyle’s interpretation of Illinois law and his decision.”
Karlin says he intends to file an immediate appeal of his ruling to the Fourth District Appellate Court in Springfield.
Public Defender David Hansen, who represents Oglesby along with Chris Kanthak says the issue is the state violated Oglesby’s constitutional right to a speedy trial and filed new charges after the 120-day limit allowed by Illinois.
Hansen says the most recent charges filed in February, including murder, were filed 120 days after Oglesby’s initial arrest and detainment.
Authorities have identified the man found in the storage unit as Richard Young, the former Maquon Chief of Police.
A preliminary hearing featured testimony from Detective Jeremy Moore who said that Oglesby accompanied deputies to the unit after reports of a foul odor.
Oglesby told deputies there was a body inside a box in the unit but wasn’t sure who it was, explaining it away as “wet clothing” or a “dead animal.”
Oglesby will next be in court on April 3 at 9 a.m. for a pretrial conference.
