Illinois Teens Murder & Dismember Classmate

http://www.wqad.com/Global/story.asp?S=2861855 ^

[NativeTexun]

POSTED: 1/26/05 9:17 AM UPDATED: 1/26/05 4:34 PM

By Chris Minor

EAST MOLINE, Illinois -- The dismembered body of a missing East Moline teenager has been found, and a classmate tonight is under arrest for her brutal murder. Sarah Kolb is charged with first degree murder in the death of Adrianne Reynolds, 16.

Prosecutors announced the murder charge at a news conference at Illinois State Police Headquarters this morning.

Authorities believe Adrianne was strangled and beaten with a wooden handle in a car in broad daylight at a Taco Bell parking lot in Moline. Later, her body was taken to Mercer County in an attempt to burn it.When that didn't work, her body was cut into pieces and dumped at Black Hawk State Park.

Authorities made the discovery around midnight.

Adrianne's father and stepmother, Tony and Joann Reynolds had reported their daughter missing when she failed to show up to work after school on Friday.

Kolb and Reynolds were classmates at Blackhawk Outreach Center in East Moline, an alternative school for kids trying to get their GED's. Friends there tell Newschannel 8 that Kolb had made a death threat against Reynolds the day she disappeared, and say Kolb was jealous of the new kid in school. Reynolds had been attending the school for just a few weeks, after coming to East Moline from Texas to live with her dad.

In court today, Judge John Bell read court documents that stated the crime was committed ''while acting with another,'' but so far, only Kolb has been charged.

Kolb, who told the judge today she works at the movie cinemas in Davenport, is being held at the Mary Davis juvenile detention center in Galesburg on $1 million bond.

POSTED: 1/26/05

By Vanessa Van Hyfte

EAST MOLINE -- Sarah Kolb and Adrianne Reynolds were classmates at Black Hawk Outreach Center. Their fellow classmates remember the chilling threats made the very day Adrianne disappeared.

"[Kolb] had mentioned to a few people that she was going to kill her," said Jackie Martinez, 17. "She [said], 'I don't care.' She told people she wasn't afraid to kill her and she would do it and she's not scared."

Adrianne was the new kid at school just a few weeks. She was trying to make a fresh start and earn a General Education Diploma.

"She was pretty and funny," said Betty Wilson, 16.

And the boys noticed. Wilson says that's what threw Sarah into a jealous rage.

"They just had some problems over boys and Sarah was upset," Wilson recalled.

Wilson said Kolb had been a student here for over a year and was popular.

"Sarah was really nice," said Wilson. "She got along with everyone and all the sudden Adianne came in, and it's totally different, she says, 'I will kill her, I will kill her.'"

Wilson was one of the last people to see Adrianne alive on Friday afternoon.

"I just saw Adrianne and Sarah and two males get into the car. I heard they were going to Taco Bell to get lunch."

Wilson says Adrianne wasn't looking for trouble. She only wanted to make a fresh start, desperate to fit in with the "in" crowd.

"Adrianne really wanted to be Sarah's friend. That was all she wanted."

[elli1]

uh--Gregory is charged with two counts of first degree murder and one count of concealing a homicide. The purpose of the investigation & trial is to short out all the 'he said/ she saids' & try to arrive at the truth of what happened. I think it's safe to say that we're going to hear a lot of conflicting versions of 'the truth' going forward. For all we really & truly 'know', Gregory may have killed her...or perhaps the other male occupant of the car...or maybe even someone else that has yet to be publicly tied to the case. Or maybe they ALL participated in killing Reynolds. Yet to be determined.

[SunnySide]

Uh, I'm all choked up for Gregory, crying crocodile tears as I type this. (pfff)

[Nick Danger]

keep on twisting and turning and defending poor poor Sarah.

Who is "defending" Sarah? No one has said anything like that. It appears that your formulation is that we either accept that she is a Satan-worshipping drug addict, or we are "defending" her murdering someone. To the extent you believe that, you should avoid referring to others as crackpots.

It appears that she has murdered someone in cold blood, and dismembered the corpse. We do not need to heap extra evil on her at this point in order to explain the deed. The evil embodied in her acts is quite enough.

[NativeTexun]

>>Yes, really. A lot of folks need to brush up on their reading skills (and wideeye needs to brush up on his writing skills).<<

Broad-brushed slams are unnecessary. People, if they want to be understood, need to write clearly as in - "following is a quote from Sarah."

Wideeyed just seemed to be rambling from the start so I guess that's how the rest of us unobservant "readers" followed his less-than-clear and/or lucid writing and train of thought.

The burden of understanding is first on the issuer of the message. Wideeye's message could have benefited from some capitalization too.

If you'd do some research on Goths, you'd learn they have a fascination with death and the dark side.

>>A lot of posters have been way too quick to draw conclusions...crap, we don't even know why the alleged perps have each been charged with two counts of first degree murder and that's just for starters. <<

Still *majoring* on the two counts? Sheesh ....

[SunnySide]

"We do not need to heap extra evil on her at this point in order to explain the deed. The evil embodied in her acts is quite enough."

I never did such regarding Sarah but by your definition,
"heaping extra evil on a person", it's done every day by many many people regarding people in the news discussed in this or any forum on the internet or any where else.

[NativeTexun]

"he said/she saids"

[RtWngr]

Lighten up francis

[It's me]

Excuse me? You must have the wrong person. I'm not francis...

[RtWngr]

Go rent the movie Stripes

[It's me]

No thanks.

[wideeyedidied]

yeah. my first post was while i was on a lunch break at school and i was pushing so i wouldn't be late. not to mention i was a little hot-headed because of the close-mindedness of which i posted about. i apologize for any misconceptions made because of that rush.

ellil, (i don't recall if that's right... i just clicked for the reply button, but it's similar) thanks for the article. it's interesting to see cory gregory's side of the story. though it really doesn't seem to help him...

i mean, what person in their right mind would "just watch" someone kill another person? and since he knew the places of the burning/dismemberment it seems he must have been there while it was taking place... and if you can easily stand by while someone's being maimed like that, you definately served just as much purpose as the killer did.

[NativeTexun]

So how did you find this thread and are you participating in others on the Internet about the matter?

Your change of thinking is interesting ...

>>and if you can easily stand by while someone's being maimed like that, you definately served just as much purpose as the killer did.<<

[elli1]

Informative article here--Gregory & Kolb enter 'innocent' pleas. Third teen arrested, identified (Nathan Gaudet, 16) & charged as a juvenile with 'concealing a homicide. Gaudet allegedly furnished the saw used to dismember Adrianne's body as well as being on the scene of the dismemberment (but not the murder) and when the body parts were moved to the Black Hawk site. More info on McKittrick, the other male occupant of the car. McKittrick has not been charged & doesn't look like he will be (my opinion).

http://64.4.171.250/archives/qco/sections.cgi?prcss=display&id=229082

[elli1]

i mean, what person in their right mind would ''just watch'' someone kill another person?

I have my doubts about Gregory being someone who just watched. (There is a lot of new info in the link I posted that addresses your other comments.) In any case, what we have here are some real sick puppies.

Anyway, am glad that you're contributing to the thread. Also understand the limitations on your time--most of the info that's available on the net has been posted or linked to here on this thread. But I want to stress that your local perspective & possible access to other info is a valuable contribution.

Encourage you to use capitalization when you post here at FR--just makes it so much easier for us to read. Most of the brains here didn't grow up on ICQ, etc., so are trained in a bit more formal recognition system. It's one of those 'When in Rome' things. Again, thanks for your contributions & hope you continue.

[elli1]

Lots more info in this article about Kolb & Gregory's court appearance:

http://www.qctimes.com/internal.php?story_id=1044795&t=Local+News&c=2,1044795

[elli1]

Nothing significant in the way of new info, but is descriptive of the courtroom scene.

http://www.whbf.com/Global/story.asp?S=2888385&nav=0zGoVrum

[Jason_b]

she looks defiant

[elli1]

And, finally explained--Why two charges are filed in only 1 death:

http://www.qctimes.com/internal.php?story_id=1044783&l=1&t=Local+News&c=2,1044783

''Under Illinois law, prosecutors can use one or more of three differing standards to apply to a murder charge. Each suggests a different theory of murder. By filing multiple charges for a single murder, prosecutors are allowed to argue multiple theories before a judge or jury.''

[elli1]

Bit more info on Gaudet:

http://www.whbf.com/Global/story.asp?S=2888333&nav=0zGoVrpR

[Paved Paradise]

Your first paragraph says it all.... I keep wondering myself.... I think back to a book my dead read, called "Degeneration." Forget the author, but the book was written in the 1800's and is as relevant as ever.