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they are dealing with more than just a fire. this was a horrific crime. it seemed to be a crime of great anger and great passion. why dyke and karen rhoads? they re both very clean cut. they both had jobs. there was talk in town that dyke was a bit of a partier, but he wasn t involved in any bad stuff. with no clear motive, police struggled throughout the summer to come up with any leads or suspects. there was really no break in this case at all for about two and a half months, but in september, the town drunk, darrel herrington was at the police station. he blurts out, just don t ask me about the murder. and of course, they ask him about the murders. darrell herrington told police on the night of the murders, he had been out drinking with two locals named randy steidl and herb whitlock. on the way home, herrington
i was thinking, my god, we re talking about your life. i don t want you to die. i went up there to try to save my brother s life. randy steidl went on trial for the murders of dyke and karen rhoads in 1987. the prosecution s case was that randy and herbie were dealing drugs to dyke rhoads and that dyke owed herbie money for drug debt that he hadn t paid. prosecutors focussed special attention on the testimony of eyewitnesss darrell herrington. they knew certain things in our minds, you don t believe the town drunk. and debby rhinebolt, who described seeing them stab the
police now had enough to arrest steidl and whitlock. i think the brutal nature of the slayings, the fact that it was a double homicide, the other aggravating factors that our office will likely seek the death penalty. both herb whitlock, age 41 and randy steidl, age 35, had histories of petty crime. news of their arrests reached steidl s brother rory, an illinois state trooper. for randy, he drank, being a bar setting, if he got angry or someone started something, there was a crowd and consequently, there would be problems. my master sergeant called my and said your brother s been arrested for double murder. in my mind, the illinois state police were involved in the investigation. number one, he s got to be guilty. number two, he s going to face the death penalty.
supposedly came off the street and are up watching a horrible murder, and they don t see each other. that is just unheard of. you have a federal judge that s saying that there was evidence favorable to randy steidl s case that was never disclosed by the prosecution. these are the same things i d been telling the state police for three years now. on june 17th, 2003, i entered the following order. petitioners conviction is hereby vacated. the state shall have 120 days from the date of this order to release or retry randy steidl. when judge mccuskey granted me a new trial, i was still holding my breath because i d watched guys on death row get a new trial and have the attorney general appeal it and have it taken away, and within 60 days they re strapped to a gurney being executed.
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