Murder of Julienne McGuire: Beloit Investigation Unfolds
Contrary to the hype, Beloit is a fairly normal, quiet, small college town. Crime is usually of the petty theft or truancy variety.
On Monday morning, Julienne McGuire was found in the Beloit offices of Edward Jones. Police aren't releasing the cause of death, though the Beloit Daily News reports that "work at the Edward Jones building suggests the incident occurred in the back of the building, and blood was shed," and I had heard that her throat was slit.
Edward Jones has a fund set up to help care for the 44-year-old's children.
The victim's letter to the editor of the BDN - four days before she died - recounts her concern about the conviction and sentencing of her stalker, as well as her treatment by candidate for judge Perry Folts.
Her stalker - a former boyfriend - had a police-supplied GPS system in place, and he still violated the restraining order "numerous times." According to the BDN, Folts said at the hearing that if McGuire hadn't been told this by the police, she wouldn't have been afraid.
McGuire's original allegations "ranged from [her boyfriend] puncturing her tires to breaking into her house and tampering with a pipe..."
The questions Folts should ask himself are: if he hadn't made deals with the defendant - which were broken; if he hadn't done so simply because he found out that McGuire had dated the investigating officer - which was never mentioned on the official court records; and if a significant sentence had been carried out - not the mere ten days on a reduced charge that the defendent received; would McGuire still be alive.
The police say they interviewed the former boyfriend and are following up on the information he gave, but they have not named him as a person of interest.
The Beloit Deputy Chief of Police will pursue any connections there may be between McGuire's murder and the two other unsolved murders of women in the area, one on March 5 and one on September 20. The latter death was by stabbing, but the police have not released information on the more recent murder.
The case is complicated by the victim's intersection of a dangerous triad: a vengeful ex-lover, a possible serial killer, and a contentious local political contest. Police need a witness to come forward or some evidence that sheds light on the murder. Currently, the police have sketches of a man they need to interview.
CP @ GMC.
On Monday morning, Julienne McGuire was found in the Beloit offices of Edward Jones. Police aren't releasing the cause of death, though the Beloit Daily News reports that "work at the Edward Jones building suggests the incident occurred in the back of the building, and blood was shed," and I had heard that her throat was slit.
Edward Jones has a fund set up to help care for the 44-year-old's children.
The victim's letter to the editor of the BDN - four days before she died - recounts her concern about the conviction and sentencing of her stalker, as well as her treatment by candidate for judge Perry Folts.
Her stalker - a former boyfriend - had a police-supplied GPS system in place, and he still violated the restraining order "numerous times." According to the BDN, Folts said at the hearing that if McGuire hadn't been told this by the police, she wouldn't have been afraid.
McGuire's original allegations "ranged from [her boyfriend] puncturing her tires to breaking into her house and tampering with a pipe..."
The questions Folts should ask himself are: if he hadn't made deals with the defendant - which were broken; if he hadn't done so simply because he found out that McGuire had dated the investigating officer - which was never mentioned on the official court records; and if a significant sentence had been carried out - not the mere ten days on a reduced charge that the defendent received; would McGuire still be alive.
The police say they interviewed the former boyfriend and are following up on the information he gave, but they have not named him as a person of interest.
The Beloit Deputy Chief of Police will pursue any connections there may be between McGuire's murder and the two other unsolved murders of women in the area, one on March 5 and one on September 20. The latter death was by stabbing, but the police have not released information on the more recent murder.
The case is complicated by the victim's intersection of a dangerous triad: a vengeful ex-lover, a possible serial killer, and a contentious local political contest. Police need a witness to come forward or some evidence that sheds light on the murder. Currently, the police have sketches of a man they need to interview.
CP @ GMC.
posted by Jane Bellwether @ 10:52 AM
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