PEOPLE v. FAULKNER

No. 5-95-0241.

686 N.E.2d 379 (1997)

292 Ill. App.3d 391

226 Ill.Dec. 749

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James V. FAULKNER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

October 14, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Kirwan, Deputy Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Mt. Vernon, Donna Hickstein-Foley, State Appellate Defender Panel Atty., Chicago, for Defendant-Appellant.

Charles Garnati, State's Atty., Marion, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Stephen E. Norris, Deputy Director, Kevin Sweeney, Contractual Atty., Office of the State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, for Plaintiff-Appellee.


Presiding Justice KUEHN delivered the opinion of the court:

This case features the disappearance of a man named William Rose. Rose vanished mysteriously in June of 1984. He has never been seen since, and his whereabouts remain unknown. It is quite reasonable to suspect that he will never be heard from again.

In 1987, the mystery surrounding Rose's disappearance unraveled into a bizarre tale of murder spun by defendant's offspring, Jimmy and Valerie Faulkner...

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