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To: Skywalk
""You think 'living with what they've done' is going to be a hindrance to them? ""

HA HA HA

""Most of these killers don't feel any remorse. ""

Yes, for getting caught they do


The best course of action is to make an example of them and DETER others from doing the same thing.
281 posted on 02/02/2005 2:30:39 PM PST by LauraleeBraswell (GOD BLESS THE IRAQI PEOPLE! They have choosen Freedom!)
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To: LauraleeBraswell

Maybe Sarah was a "bad seed." Seem to be lots of "bad seeds" popping up everywhere lately.

Johnny Lee Williams who kidnapped and murdered Megan Holden from the Tyler, TX Wal-Mart.


282 posted on 02/02/2005 2:37:31 PM PST by NativeTexun ("If you don't live in Texas, you don't live in the United States.")
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To: LauraleeBraswell; beaversmom; All

Some details coming out now of the gruesome nature of the crime....

http://www.reviewatlas.com/articles/2005/02/02/news/local/news3.txt

East Moline teen was burned, dismembered in Mercer County
Wednesday, February 2, 2005 3:45 PM CST

It should be noted that some information published in this article contains graphic details and may be not be suitable for all readers.

By Cathy Decker/Staff Reporter

Aledo Times Record

In less than an hour the details of the murder of Adrianne Reynolds, 16, of East Moline were revealed by investigators in charge of the case during the Rock Island County preliminary hearings of two teenagers, each charged with two counts of murder and one count of concealment of a homicide.

The details revealed a gruesome scenario of a brutal murder, involving choking and a blunt object, an attempt at concealment by burning the body, subsequent dismemberment and an attempted burial of parts of the body.

The two teens each pleaded not guilty to the charges and asked for jury trials. Both are being tried as adults. Trials have been set for both Sarah A. Kolb, 16, and Cory Charles Gregory, 17, for April 4, 2005. Kolb, who went before Judge James Teros after the Corey Gregory preliminary hearing and arraignment, appeared with her attorney F. Michael Meersman, public defender. She waived her right to a preliminary hearing and pleaded "Not Guilty" during the arraignment.


A jury trial has been set for April 4 at 9:30 a.m., with the pretrial hearing set for March 28 and a final plea negotiations date set for March 31.

Assistant States Attorney Mark Senko asked the judge to approve a major disclosure 413 that will allow the court to have blood, saliva and hair samples taken from Kolb. The judge agreed.

Cory Gregory was the first to appear before Judge Teros with his attorney Steve Hanna at the 8:30 a.m. preliminary hearing held Tuesday, Feb. 1.

Mark Senko, Rock Island assistant states attorney first questioned Special Agent Michael John Scheckel, who said he oversaw the case of Adrienne Reynolds when she was first declared missing on Jan. 21. He told the court he was contacted by the East Moline Police Department to assist in the investigation of the disappearance of Reynolds.

He said the investigaton led to discussions with both Sarah Kolb and Cory Gregory, who were last seen with Reynolds on Friday, Jan. 21.

He told the court he interviewed Gregory on Jan. 21, 22 or 23.

Agent Scheckel said Gregory told him that he, Sarah and Adrianne left school on Friday at around noon and drove to Taco Bell on The Avenue of the Cities and Kolb and Reynolds had an argument in the parking lot of Taco Bell.

He said Gregory told him that they subsequently made up after the argument and then drove to a McDonalds restaurant in East Moline. There they let Reynolds out in front of the restaurant and went through the drive through. After getting their food and coming around to the front, Reynolds was gone.

Scheckel said the first interview with Gregory lasted between an hour and one and a half hours.

He said during the second inverview with Gregory there were some substantial changes to the story. "Mr. Gregory was in contact with his attorney, Steve Hanna," Scheckel said.

Gregory told the agent "Sarah Kolb was responsible for the death of Adrianne Reynolds."

Gregory told the agent that he was in the back seat and Reynolds and Kolb were in the front seat and they got into a fight and both were choking each other.

Gregory also maintained that Kolb reached into the back seat and took a wooden handle that had duct tape on it and struck Reynolds in the head. The fight continued with more choking.

He said he got out of the back seat and went to the front seat and Kolb moved the body from the front to the back.

They then drove to Kolb's residence in Milan and pulled the car into the garage. At her house, the agent was told Kolb got a gas can and a tarp and headed for Big Island. At Big Island Gregory alleges that Kolb took Reynolds out of the back seat, wrapped her in the tarp, put her into the trunk and then drove out to Mercer County.

The agent said Gregory said they drove out to a pasture in the Millersburg area and Kolb took the tarp out and drug it to a wooded area and the body was set on fire.

"He claimed he was simply a witness," said Agent Scheckel.

He said the body was set on fire and at one point they went back to Aledo to buy more gasoline.

He said they left the body there, then returned to it on Sunday.

On Sunday they had a saw in Sarah's car and it was alleged that Sarah cut off the head, the arms and cut the torso in half. "The fire had already removed the legs from the body," Gregory told him.

He said the head and arms were placed in a black plastic garbage bag and the remainder of the body was placed in a nearby brush pile.

The agent said he was told that the two of them then loaded the plastic bag into the trunk of Kolb's car and drove to Black Hawk State Park. "He said they went down near the river and started digging a hole."

They hit an impasse with the hole when they hit metal and discovered it was a manhole. The manhole cover was removed and they replaced the cover after putting the black plastic bag into it.

Agent Scheckel said, "He denied doing any of these acts." After the interview Gregory led detectives to the spot in Black Hawk Park.

"We attempted to remove the manhole cover," said Scheckel.

The assistant state's attorney Senco then asked Scheckel to describe Kolb, He said she was about five-foot, two inches and around 110 pounds.

Scheckel then described the officer who was attempting to remove the manhole cover as being around six-foot tall and weighing more than 200 pounds. "He struggled with the manhole cover," said Scheckel.

Senco asked whether Scheckel thought Kolb was capable of removing the cover by herself.

"I didn't think so," Scheckel said.

"Was it confirmed that it was Adrianne Reynolds?" Senco asked.

"I believe so, yes," said Scheckel.

Officer Scheckel then revealed that he had another tip in the case from Pat Corbin, who contacted the Moline Police Department and the Illinois State Police about her grandson, Nathan Gaudet, who is a freshman at the Black Hawk College Outreach Center.

Agent Mike Brown, a Moline officer, said that the grandmother stated that on Sunday, Jan. 23 Kolb and Gregory came to her residence and picked up her grandson, Nathan. He left her home with a book bag, which he told her was filled with "shirts".

She said her grandson had been at Cory's for the day.

On Wednesday, Jan. 26, Pat and Nathan's mother heard about the arrest of Kolb and realized the book bag was still at the grandmother's house. Corbin said she found it in the furnace room of her residence. Besides a pillow, "inside the book bag was a small mitre saw."

He also said "there appeared to be blood on the saw." Senco asked Scheckel about the interview with Nathan.

"Nathan said Sarah and Cory picked him up on Sunday and told him to bring a saw."

Nathan talked to the agent about how they went out to the Millersburg area to a pasture. "He was shown the body of Adrienne Reynolds."

"He and Mr. Gregory began sawing up Adrienne's body," Scheckel added.

He said Nathan confirmed that they next transported the black bag to Black Hawk State Park and that the other body parts were placed in a brush pile in the pasture.

Senco asked Scheckel if Nathan said anything to him about the death of Adrienne Reynolds?

He said that Cory said that Sarah choked Adrienne and Cory took a belt and wrapped it around Adrienne's neck and finished the job.

Senco asked Scheckel if the cause of death had been determined?

"I don't know," said Scheckel.

Gregory's attorney Steve Hanna asked Scheckel if he had any information that the crime was planned or premeditated?

Scheckel said no.

Hanna then asked "Is there any physical evidence that he (Gregory) did participate in this crime?"

Scheckel indicated that there was none at this time."

Senco then called up a second officer to testify. Mike Britt, police officer with the Illinois State Police assigned to investigate the death of Adrienne

Reynolds was interviewed.

He told the court he interviewed Nathan Gaudet Monday.

Gaudet told the officer that two days prior to Reynolds' disappearance he was riding in Sarah Kolb's car and the topic came up in conversation asking the question: "Did he think he could kill somebody?"

The three, Kolb, Gaudet and Gregory were discussing this topic.

Gaudet told officer Britt that he was not present when the confrontation took place between Kolb and Reynolds. "He didn't know anything about it until Sunday," Britt said.

Britt then told about the officer when Kolb and Gregory came to his grandmother's house Sunday they asked him if he had a saw and he didn't so he went back into the house to get one.

On the trip out to Mercer County Gaudet said they resumed the conversation about killing somebody. "They asked him if he believed that they had a dead body," said Britt.

"He said he really didn't believe it until they showed him the body."

He also said that Cory told him that when they were in the Taco Bell parking lot Cory was holding Adrienne's arms while Sarah was fighting with her. He said Cory thought that Sarah was the one who choked Adrienne to death, but afterwards Cory put a belt around her neck until they arrived at Big Island.

"In the first interview he (Nathan) said that Cory did some of the cutting," said Britt.

In later interviews Nathan admitted that Cory just pulled her legs off after they burned.

He said they let the body burn for six hours.

Britt testified that the evidence was consistent with that scenario. Reynolds was identified through dental records, Britt said.

The defense attorney had no questions for Britt.

Finally, Senco asked Judge Teros to grant a disclosure to take blood, saliva and hair samples from Gregory, with no objections from the defense. Judge Teros granted the request.

After the preliminary hearing, an arraignment was held. The defendant pleaded not guilty and a trial date was set for April 4 at 9:30 a.m. The pretrial hearing was set for March 28 at 1 p.m. and Judge Teros set March 31 at 8:30 as the date and time for the final date for any plea negotiations.

A third teen, Nathan Gaudet, 16, was set to appear in court Tuesday as a juvenile. He was arrested Monday and was being held in a juvenile facility in Peoria. Rock Island States Attorney Terronez could not reveal Tuesday morning what charges have been filed against the juvenile or whether he will be charged as an adult at a later date.


289 posted on 02/02/2005 4:33:56 PM PST by NativeTexun ("If you don't live in Texas, you don't live in the United States.")
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