warpedskydiver 0 #1 February 23, 2006 Teenage Girl Convicted in Ill. Killing By JAN DENNIS, Associated Press Writer 1 hour ago DIXON, Ill. - A teenage girl was convicted Wednesday in the killing of a 16-year-old classmate who was choked, beaten and sawed into pieces after an argument over boys. Sarah Kolb, 17, faces up to 60 years in prison. The victim, Adrianne Reynolds, had just moved to East Moline from Texas about two months before she was killed. Prosecutors said she was just trying to fit in at a new school but picked the wrong friend. On Jan. 21, 2005, Kolb, Reynolds and schoolmate Cory Gregory were in Kolb's car at a fast-food restaurant when the fight began. Reynolds was killed and her body was burned, dismembered and hidden in two counties. Gregory also is charged with murder and concealing a homicide and is scheduled to stand trial May 1. Kolb showed no reaction as the verdict was read. Her family and Reynolds' family wept quietly as the jury was polled. Later, step-uncle Michael McCollum said Reynolds' family was "overjoyed. It's been a very long road." Kolb's family declined to comment as they left the courthouse. The trial was Kolb's second in three months. The first ended in a mistrial in November when a Rock Island County jury deadlocked 11-1 in favor of conviction. Her retrial was moved to Dixon, about 60 miles from the Quad Cities. In the retrial, Rock Island County State's Attorney Jeff Terronez said Kolb wrote in a class journal that she was going to kill Reynolds just hours before Reynolds was beaten and strangled in the car. Terronez said Kolb was angry because Reynolds had shown interest in Kolb's boyfriend and Gregory, her ex-boyfriend. Defense attorney David Hoffman told jurors it was Gregory who killed Reynolds. But prosecutors said Kolb was still accountable because she choked and beat Reynolds before Gregory "finished her off." Prosecutors say the two took the girl's body to Kolb's grandparents' farm and burned it, then returned two days later, sawed the body into pieces and dumped the remains on the farm and in Black Hawk State Park in Rock Island. In her first trial, Kolb testified that Gregory strangled Reynolds, then hit Kolb and threatened to kill her, her family and her cats if she reported the crime. Gregory, who has pleaded not guilty, denied that account in a television interview. Kolb did not testify in her second trial, and the defense rested without presenting a case. Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #2 February 23, 2006 I would wager here in Illinois, that the perpetrator of this crime will receive a sentence which when served may equal no more than 20yrs Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Opie 0 #3 February 23, 2006 Where they tried to burn the body is about 7 miles from my house It's a small world eh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ViperPilot 0 #4 February 23, 2006 Yet another person I'd like to see hanging from a piece of fucking string while I laugh at her and enjoy a nice cold beer. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #5 February 23, 2006 that would warrant several beers upstairs in the lounge! I am sure some people will accuse us of being animals now! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
windcatcher 0 #6 February 23, 2006 What's all this I keep hearing of women and sawing up bodies? Back home, my mom was telling about some women who were in a nasty relationship triangle and one of the women got jealous of the other's girlfriend and chopped the gf to pieces. What a sick world we live in; and it's only going to get worse. Mother to the cutest little thing in the world... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dontbounce 0 #7 February 23, 2006 QuoteWhere they tried to burn the body is about 7 miles from my house If it was windy that day, you probably thought your neighbors were doing BBQ. You were like "sniff. What is that? It isn't steak... It isn't chicken... Hmm. Oh well.. " Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites peacefuljeffrey 0 #8 February 23, 2006 QuoteYet another person I'd like to see hanging from a piece of fucking string while I laugh at her and enjoy a nice cold beer. Me too. But where are the sympathetic people who will tell us that anyone who would do something so depraved must surely be ill and deserve our compassion, poor murderer that she is? Anyway, I am wondering, anyone else find it silly that they made "concealing a homicide" a crime, since, well, they've got you for murder... And do they expect people to come out and TELL them about the homicide they just committed? EVERYONE who murders "conceals the homicide," pretty much -- by pretending they are not the one who killed the person. Also, I think there is something else going on here. They said it was about the victim having eyes for the killer's boyfriend and ex-boyfriend. Then they say that the ex-boyfriend actually took part in the murder. If this was a jealousy thing on the part of the murderer, why the fuck did the guy get involved? What an idiot HE is. --Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Scoop 0 #9 February 23, 2006 OK, terrible act. Horrific. But when will these stupid school kids learn to stop writing incriminating evidence in their journals/diaries! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SkyDekker 1,465 #10 February 23, 2006 QuoteAnyway, I am wondering, anyone else find it silly that they made "concealing a homicide" a crime, since, well, they've got you for murder... And do they expect people to come out and TELL them about the homicide they just committed? EVERYONE who murders "conceals the homicide," pretty much -- by pretending they are not the one who killed the person. it is concealing a homocide not concealing your homocide. This charge is specially helpful when between two people it isn't clear who the actual killer was, but it is clear both were in on it and both helped to conceal it. Sorry Jeffrey, things aren't always black and white. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
peacefuljeffrey 0 #8 February 23, 2006 QuoteYet another person I'd like to see hanging from a piece of fucking string while I laugh at her and enjoy a nice cold beer. Me too. But where are the sympathetic people who will tell us that anyone who would do something so depraved must surely be ill and deserve our compassion, poor murderer that she is? Anyway, I am wondering, anyone else find it silly that they made "concealing a homicide" a crime, since, well, they've got you for murder... And do they expect people to come out and TELL them about the homicide they just committed? EVERYONE who murders "conceals the homicide," pretty much -- by pretending they are not the one who killed the person. Also, I think there is something else going on here. They said it was about the victim having eyes for the killer's boyfriend and ex-boyfriend. Then they say that the ex-boyfriend actually took part in the murder. If this was a jealousy thing on the part of the murderer, why the fuck did the guy get involved? What an idiot HE is. --Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoop 0 #9 February 23, 2006 OK, terrible act. Horrific. But when will these stupid school kids learn to stop writing incriminating evidence in their journals/diaries! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,465 #10 February 23, 2006 QuoteAnyway, I am wondering, anyone else find it silly that they made "concealing a homicide" a crime, since, well, they've got you for murder... And do they expect people to come out and TELL them about the homicide they just committed? EVERYONE who murders "conceals the homicide," pretty much -- by pretending they are not the one who killed the person. it is concealing a homocide not concealing your homocide. This charge is specially helpful when between two people it isn't clear who the actual killer was, but it is clear both were in on it and both helped to conceal it. Sorry Jeffrey, things aren't always black and white. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
