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gaze away from the influential businessman for fear of political pay back. one of the very first suspects that police also looked at was a drifter put up at the hotel france downtown four blocks from the crime scene. according to the radio dispatch logs, he was the very first suspect after they discovered the bodies. around 9:00 a.m. in the morning, jack eckerty of the illinois state police goes to the hotel france. and by that time, he d already checked out and was long gone. clutter believed that drifter was none other than tommy lynn sells, one of the most notorious serial killers in the country. i like to use a knife. a gun is too, too violent, too, too noisy. i like to watch the eyes fade. the pupil fade. it s just like setting their soul free.
but police reports show debbie reinboldt also claimed to have been with steidl and whitlock that night. debra reinboltt comes forward with a story that says, well, i was with herb and randy that night and they invited me to come along with them to the rhoads house. what position was karen rhoads in? did she try to leave when you cut her? no, i didn t cut her. so she was just lying there, watching steidl and whitlock stab her husband? yes. is that what happened? the stories from the key witnesses left callahan with a glaring question. they d made this case based on the two eyewitnesses, but the eyewitnesses contradicted each other. darrell herrington was supposed to have been at the same scene and her story doesn t include him and his story doesn t include her. they never saw each other. never knew one or the other was there. that was a problem for me, as a police officer.
charge of the appeal, the case has been mismanaged either from indifference or incompetence. they were clearly capable of committing murder and that was proven. prosecutors to the bitter end always maintain that the person is guilty. because otherwise, it s to admit that they and the police that worked with them fabricated evidence. in the end, based on callahan s report and a lack of faith in the evidence, attorney general lisa madigan decided that judge mccuskey s ruling was the correct one. it s been 17 years, three months, one week and two days. i m ready for it to end. we weren t willing to believe that randy was going to be freed until he actually walked through the doors. it was a perfect day, you know, the sun was out, not a cloud in the sky. they usher us all in. we have an opportunity to get
when darrell herrington came forward and told his story, there wasn t enough probable cause to arrest randy or herb because they didn t feel confident that they could convict based on a guy like darrell herrington. but a few months later, another witness came forward, who confessed that she d helped steidl and whitlock stab the newly wed couple. okay, tell me what you saw happening. blood everywhere. where s herb and where s randy? one was on the right side of the bed, and one was by the door. when you walk into the bedroom, what was karen rhoads doing? she was yelling, oh, my god, oh, my god! reinboldt also gave police the murder weapon, a five-inch knife and agreed to testify in exchange for leniency.