Saturday, December 1, 2012
Should Belleville, Illinois Murder Parolee
Be Declared Sexually-Violent?
Be Declared Sexually-Violent?
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A Metro-East jury has deadlocked on whether a man who raped, murdered and mutilated a woman nearly 50 years ago remains so dangerous he should be committee.
Roger Burns kidnapped the woman from a Belleville coin laundry and killed her in 1965. Four months later he kidnapped another woman, though she escaped.
Burns, now 70 years old, pleaded guilty, served his sentence and was paroled in 2008.
Burns, now 70 years old, pleaded guilty, served his sentence and was paroled in 2008.
But his parole agent filed a complaint about disturbing behavior. And it was left up to a St. Clair County jury to determine whether Burns should be declared a sexually violent person, deemed too dangerous to return to society.
The Belleville News-Democrat reports 10 jurors found he was dangerous and returned him to prison.
The Belleville News-Democrat reports 10 jurors found he was dangerous and returned him to prison.
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