Re: Murder of Julienne McGuire: Beloit Investigation Unfolds
Police investigating the murder of Julienne McGuire are only beginning to release information to the press.
The McGuire-Folts connection is new to the general public, and its implications in the judges' race should begin to cause repurcussions over the weekend as voters piece things together.
McGuire's anti-Folts letter to The Beloit Daily News only ran a week ago yesterday. It's one of the first places any non-insiders would have heard of Folts' questionable behavior, and the BDN articles I linked are careful in relating the events of McGuire's stalking case, her feelings about Folts, and the recently reported reason behind Folts' reduction of charges against the as-yet unnamed stalker.
There are articles on victims Aida Stoehr here, here and here, but I can't find anything besides the McGuire story from Madison to Rockford on Carmella Ball'sstabbing murder [Stoehr was stabbed to death in her home; Ball's cause of death has not been released by police].
Another letter to the Janesville Gazette editor - published one week before McGuire's - upholds McGuire's opinion of Folts, and one that appeared the day after McGuire's in the BDN can be found here.
The Gazette ran an article on the two forums the judicial candidates participated in, "Rock County judge contenders jab each other at forums."
Everything I have found on the judge candidates during my search is very negative about Folts and neutral to positive about Welker.
Given Folts' admission to prejudicing the McGuire case, along with the independent witness of his treatment of other people in the community seeking justice, I shudder to think that he has any significant support. And yet I've seen the signs around town.
Update: First, I failed to mention that McGuire's purse was missing from the crime scene, which might be a genuine theft or an effort to make it look like one. Second, this BDN article notes Beloit Police Chief Sam Lathrop saying that there hasn't been a homicide downtown in Beloit since 1982. It makes me wonder how related they really think the murders are, or if it's just the standard cross-check of similar open cases.
The McGuire-Folts connection is new to the general public, and its implications in the judges' race should begin to cause repurcussions over the weekend as voters piece things together.
McGuire's anti-Folts letter to The Beloit Daily News only ran a week ago yesterday. It's one of the first places any non-insiders would have heard of Folts' questionable behavior, and the BDN articles I linked are careful in relating the events of McGuire's stalking case, her feelings about Folts, and the recently reported reason behind Folts' reduction of charges against the as-yet unnamed stalker.
There are articles on victims Aida Stoehr here, here and here, but I can't find anything besides the McGuire story from Madison to Rockford on Carmella Ball's
Another letter to the Janesville Gazette editor - published one week before McGuire's - upholds McGuire's opinion of Folts, and one that appeared the day after McGuire's in the BDN can be found here.
The Gazette ran an article on the two forums the judicial candidates participated in, "Rock County judge contenders jab each other at forums."
Everything I have found on the judge candidates during my search is very negative about Folts and neutral to positive about Welker.
Given Folts' admission to prejudicing the McGuire case, along with the independent witness of his treatment of other people in the community seeking justice, I shudder to think that he has any significant support. And yet I've seen the signs around town.
Update: First, I failed to mention that McGuire's purse was missing from the crime scene, which might be a genuine theft or an effort to make it look like one. Second, this BDN article notes Beloit Police Chief Sam Lathrop saying that there hasn't been a homicide downtown in Beloit since 1982. It makes me wonder how related they really think the murders are, or if it's just the standard cross-check of similar open cases.
posted by Jane Bellwether @ 1:36 PM
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