Legal Opinion
William Thompkins, J v. Randy Pfist
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 23, 2012No. 10-2467PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
On December 23, 1980, a patrolling police officer found the body of Gerald Holton lying facedown in a ditch in an unincorporated area of Cook County, Illinois. Holton’s hands were tied with telephone cord, and he was shot in the head. The officer discovered the body of Arthur Sheppard nearby, hidden in a clump of trees, similarly executed with his hands bound. For about three months, investigators had no leads in the murders. A break came when an informant implicated Pamela Thompkins in the killings. Pamela Thompkins was arrested and immediately confessed her role in…
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