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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 21, 2004
Page
1
Goreville police report a confession or admission in a brutal slaying case. Investigators outline timeline and suspect statements as part of the ongoing inquiry. Local authorities urge residents to stay informed and await further updates from courthouse proceedings.
The U S Army Reserve withdraws a letter telling inactive reservists they must join a chosen reserve unit within a week or be assigned elsewhere. Officials say the message, described as a sales pitch, wrongly implied involuntary reactivation and affected Southern Illinois and nationwide soldiers.
Benton faces a $500,000 deficit as Borowiak’s IGA will shut June 6, ending 25 full-time positions and cutting sales taxes. Workers blame two years of picketing by United Food and Commercial Workers Local 881, saying union harassment prompted the closure. Vickie Frederiksen, with 13 years at the store, voices anger over the situation. SEE BENTON / PAGE 3A
Jackson County State's Attorney charged 21 year old Bjorn Westlund from Frankfort with an ordinance violation for allegedly delivering alcohol to a person under 21 during the early hours of April 4 the day Brent Johnson drowned at Cedar Lake Both men were Pi Kappa Alpha members at SIUC which has been banished from campus The charge carries fines between 100 and 1000 dollars with no jail time and Westlund is summoned to appear in Jackson County SEE WESTLUND / PAGE 2A
Bjorn Eric Westund, 21, of Frankfort, faces an ordinance violation charge alleging he supplied alcohol to 19 year old Brent Johnson before a drowning incident. Conviction could carry a fine between 106 and 1000 dollars.
John Boyd of Benton pleaded guilty in Franklin County Court to unlawful possession of marijuana a felony. He received 24 months probation and a $1000 fine with a $500 drug fee and random drug testing. Two burglary theft counts were dismissed. The case stemmed from a 7 to 8 pound marijuana theft from a storage facility near the Franklin County Jail during a September 2022 bust.
Advocates for Julie Rea-Harper, jailed 65 years for killing her 10 year old son, say a state police interview with serial killer Lynn Sells shows she did not commit the crime. The rob exposed chain of events indicates Harper's possible innocence and prompts further review, according to the Innocence Project.
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