People v. Kokoraleis

In November 1982, the defendant, Thomas C. Kokoraleis, was interrogated by the police regarding the unsolved abductions and murders of several young women, and he eventually gave inculpatory statements regarding the murders of Lorraine Borowski, Linda Sutton, Sui Mak and Carole Pappas. After this court reversed his original convictions of the murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 9—1(a)(1)) and rape (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 11—1(a)) of Borowski (People v. Kokoraleis (1986), 149 Ill. App. 3d 1000, 501 N.E.2d 207, appeal denied (1987), 114 Ill. 2d 553, 508 N.E.2d 733), the…