tags: ex-convict, spree killer, serial killer, robbery, Person In Trunk , fatal beating, drugs, cocaine, sudden terrorist syndrome
8 killed, 1 arrested and convicted June 23, 2008 Nicholas T. Sheley 2008 Missouri 8 victim Slaying Spree In Missouri, Nicholas T. Sheley is a suspect in killings of 8 across 2 states Illinois and Missouri. He was charged first-degree murder, aggravated battery and vehicular hijacking in the death of 93 year old Ronald Randall, who was beaten in his home with a weathervane and his body was found in the trunk of a car behind a grocery store. Shunning the handgun he carried by his side,Nicholas T. Sheley killed his victims with crude objects including a weathervane. All the other victims all appeared to have died in the same manner and that evidence linked to Sheley was recovered at each scene. Later police discovered the bodies of two men, a woman and a child in an apartment in nearby Rock Falls. The apartment killings were driven by alcohol and drugs, and police believe his motive for killing four in Rock Falls because he upset with Branson because he was having an affair with Holly Sheley. Sheley was an ex-convict who spent more than three years in the Illinois State Prison for aggravated robbery,
Tom and Jill Estes, an Arkansas couple visiting the St. Louis area, were found behind a gasoline station in Festus, one day after their blood-drenched dogs were found wandering. “They were here for a graduation"
Sheley was convicted of the 1st Degree Murder of 65 year old Ronald Randall in Knox County, Illinois on September 29, 2011.
Sheley was found guilty of first degree murder in Rock Island County court on May 29th, 2014 in the deaths of Brock Branson, Kevin Ulve, and Kilynna and Dayan Blake. Sentencing is scheduled for August 11th, 2014.
*Timeline
- June 23, 2008 Killed Mr Reed on June 23, 2008 as he searched for money to buy cocaine and then hid his body in the boot of his car in Sterling
- June 26, 2008 93-year-old Russell Reed whose body was found on June 26, 2008, stuffed in the boot of a car after Nicholas T. Sheley killed him
- June 28, 2008 Five days later, he murdered Mr Randall and stole his truck.
- June 30, Sheley went to the northwest Illinois home of 29-year-old Brock Branson. Mr Branson had had an affair with Sheley's wife Holly Gaul Sheley before her marriage to Sheley and could not come to terms with it.
- Sheley was arrested on July 1, 2008 in a bar in Granite City, Illinois; earlier that day he had been to see a St Louis Cardinals baseball match.
LIFE AND MURDEROUS TIMES OF NICHOLAS SHELEY
93-year-old Russell Reed whose body was found on June 26, 2008, stuffed in the boot of a car after Nicholas T. Sheley killed him
2000 - Sheley meets Holly Gaul. They become friends but there is no romance
November 2006 - Holly Gaul begins dating Brock Branson but it is a relationship that is going nowhere
April 2007 - Holly Gaul and Brock Branson split up
May 10, 2008 - Sheley and Holly Gaul are married
June 23, 2008 - Sheley murders 93-year-old Russell Reed and puts his remains in the boot of a car
June 28, 2008 - Sheley murders Ronald Randall, 65, in his truck. Despite its cab being covered in blood, Sheley drives it to see his wife who is staying with a friend. They go for a drive and have sex by a canal
June 30, 2008 - Sheley murders Brock Branson and three other people
July 1, 2008 - Sheley is arrested after being recognised in a bar in Granite City, Illinois
September 29, 2011 - Sheley is convicted of the murder of Mr Randall
November 6, 2010 - Sheley is convicted of the murder of Mr Reed
January 16, 2013 - Sheley is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder
2013 - Sheley and Holly Sheley are divorced
May 29, 2014 - Sheley is convicted of the murders of Brock Branson, Kilynna Blake, Dayan Blake and Kenneth Ulve
Timeline According to the Galesburg Police Department
Tuesday, July 1, 1:30 p.m.
Knox County Prosecutors charged Nicholas Troy Sheley, 28, with first-degree murder, aggravated battery, aggravated vehicular hijacking and two counts of theft in connection to the death of Ronald Randall from Galesburg, Illinois.
Monday, July 1, 9:30 a.m.
An autopsy positively identified a body found behind a grocery store in Galesburg as Randall. Pathology reports listed the cause of death as blunt force trauma to the head.
Monday, June 30, 12:15 p.m.
Galesburg Police found a man's body behind a grocery store in Galesburg.
Monday, June 30, 9:33 a.m.
The Galesburg Police Department said On-Star helped they them find Randall's 2007 pick-up truck at Cherokee and 2nd St. in St. Louis. Police said no one was with the vehicle when it was found.
Monday, June 30, 8:38 a.m.
Family members told Galesburg Police Department they had not seen or spoken to Randall since Saturday. They filed a missing persons report with the department. Neighbors told police Randall was last seen driving a pick-up truck sometime Saturday evening.
Sunday, June 29, unknown time
Galesburg police found a stolen pick-up truck at a car wash in Galesburg. They said it had been taken during a burglary at a Rock Island, Illinois business.
Friday, June 26, unknown time
Illinois State Police and the Statewide Terrorism and Intelligence Center issued a warrant bulletin for Nicholas Sheley in connection to a home invasion. He was believed to be driving a stolen red Jeep.
Shunning the handgun he carried by his side,Nicholas T. Sheley killed his victims with cruder tools — a weathervane
Mr. Sheley is also suspected of killing Brock Branson, 29; Kenneth Ulve, 25; Kilynna Blake, 20; and Dayan Blake, 2, in an apartment in Rock Falls, near Sterling, about 100 miles west of Chicago.
In Galesburg, 70 miles south of Sterling, the authorities suspect that Mr. Sheley abandoned a stolen pickup in the parking lot of a car wash before he encountered Mr. Randall, 65, and bludgeoned him to death Saturday evening.
Family members reported Mr. Randall, a retired factory worker, missing on Monday morning, and the police soon found his truck abandoned in St. Louis
same morning the bodies of Tom and Jill Estes, an Arkansas couple visiting the St. Louis area, were found behind a gasoline station in Festus, one day after their blood-drenched dogs were found wandering.
“They were here for a graduation and ran into everyone’s worst nightmare: a spree killer,” Chief Lewis said. . “We don’t know what exactly happened, but there was a violent struggle.”
By noon Monday, the authorities found Mr. Randall’s body behind a grocery store in Galesburg, and that afternoon the four victims in Rock Falls were discovered. Then, just as quickly as it started, the manhunt ended with Mr. Sheley’s capture.
reference
- dailymail
- foxnews Sheley, 28, had been arrested since he was a juvenile. The crimes progressed from marijuana possession to domestic battery, resisting a peace officer and even aggravated battery — but nothing Potthoff thought would indicate a violent crime spree.
- gatewaypundit
- huffingtonpost
- liveleak [disinformation]
- Murderpedia
- Pravda (Russia) [disinformation - why does Russia think this particular murder spree is important enough to highlight?]
- wikinews Sheley's wife and uncle have both told reporters that Sheley, 28, is addicted to drugs and alcohol and prone to violence when under the influence of these substances.
- wikipedia Nicholas Troy Sheley (born July 31, 1979[1]) is an American serial killer. He is serving life in prison for six murders and is accused of two more in Missouri. He was arrested on July 1, 2008 in Granite City, Illinois. A $25,000 reward was offered for information leading to his arrest. Federal authorities charged him with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.[2] Sheley, of Rock Falls, Illinois, had been arrested frequently since adolescence for crimes ranging from marijuana possession to domestic battery.[3] He and his ex-wife Holly married on May 10, 2008. The couple had been dating since 2004. They divorced in December 2013. [4]The day of his arrest, Sheley was seen at a St. Louis Cardinals game, where he asked to use a tailgater's cell phone. Sheley also requested that the man delete the phone numbers. However, police were able to trace the call back to a drug house in the Kirkwood area. This, coupled with statements from witnesses, led directly to Sheley's arrest.[5] Sheley was convicted of the 1st Degree Murder of 65 year old Ronald Randall in Knox County, Illinois on September 29, 2011. His trial for the June 2008 murder of 93 year old Russell Reed began in Whiteside County, Illinois on October 22, 2012. He was found guilty on November 6 of 1st Degree Murder, Home Invasion, and Residential Burglary, and was sentenced on January 16, 2013 to life imprisonment for the murder, as well as 30 years for home invasion and 15 years for residential burglary.[6] He is an inmate at Stateville Correctional Center just outside Joliet, Illinois.Sheley was found guilty of first degree murder in Rock Island County court on May 29th, 2014 in the deaths of Brock Branson, Kevin Ulve, and Kilynna and Dayan Blake. Sentencing is scheduled for August 11th, 2014. [7] His wife, Holly, testified against him in exchange for immunity. Prosecutors have said that Sheley killed the four in Rock Falls because he upset with Branson because he was having an affair with Holly Sheley.
*Sources
Man Who Went on Killing Spree Convicted in Quadruple Murder NBCNews.com May 29, 2014 - ... of 2008 that left a total of eight people dead in Illinois and Missouri. ...body was found stuffed in the trunk of a 2003 Buick, and 65-year-old .
nbcnews July wed 2, 2008 Nicholas T. Sheley..is suspected of killing, among others, a 93-year-old man, a child and a couple whose blood-soaked dogs were found roaming a motel parking lot... only been charged in the death of one.. first-degree murder, aggravated battery and vehicular hijacking in the death of Ronald Randall, whose body was found Monday behind a grocery store... other victims all appeared to have died in the same manner and that evidence linked to Sheley was recovered at each scene... killings began with the beating death of 93-year-old Russell Reed, a Sterling man whose body was found stuffed in the trunk of a car Thursday. On Monday, police discovered the bodies of two men, a woman and a child in an apartment in nearby Rock Falls. Investigators believe they likely died late Saturday or early Sunday.
Nicholas Sheley found guilty in Rock Falls quadruple murder
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Quad‑City Times
www.foxnews.com/.../killing-spree-suspect-nicholas-s...
Fox News Channel
Thursday July 8
Police Detail a Killing Spree Across 2 States - NYTimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2008/07/03/us/03bodies.html
The New York Times
Jealous husband Nicholas Sheley found guilty of murdering ...
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Daily Mail
Guilty: Jealous husband who murdered love rival and fiancee, her toddler son and lodger in hammer killing spree
- Nicholas Sheley killed two seniors while looking for money to buy drugs
- Stole blood-spattered vehicle of one of them and took his wife for drive in it
- They had sex - to 'keep the peace' she said - on the trip despite her jeans being blood soaked
- Wife testified in return for immunity only when her DNA was found in cab
- Sheley murdered four people in NW Illinois - one his wife's ex-boyfriend, the others were in the wrong place at the wrong time
- 'Nicholas Sheley killed Brock. He killed Kye. He killed Dayan. And he killed Kenny’: Prosecutor Steve Nate at the trial
Sheley is already serving life sentences for the murders of 93-year-old Russell Reed and 65-year-old Ronald Randall.
Sheley killed Mr Reed on June 23, 2008 as he searched for money to buy cocaine and then hid his body in the boot of his car in Sterling, just across the Rock River about 110 miles west of Chicago, Illinois. Five days later, he murdered Mr Randall and stole his truck.
Two days later on June 30, Sheley went to the northwest Illinois home of 29-year-old Brock Branson. Mr Branson had had an affair with Sheley's wife Holly Gaul Sheley before her marriage to Sheley and could not come to terms with it.
Potential Death Penalty for Nicholas T. Sheley in 2008 MO Slayings ...
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