More on the Milliman inquest

More questions about the death of Kurt Milliman probably were raised as a result of Det. Mike Quick's testimony than were answered.

The inquest was held yesterday at the McHenry County Government Center. One of the jurors and one of the alternates asked good questions. The juror asking the good questions was a Federal law enforcement officer. I had noticed a star emblem pinned on his suitcoat's lapel and asked him about it after the jury was dismissed.

Pete Gonigam, publisher of www.firstelectricnewspaper.com/,  identified an important unasked question in his paper today. Were there powder burns on Kurt's back? No one on the coroner's jury asked that question yesterday. Det. Quick's testimony was that the gun held by Timothy Smith was against Kurt's back or very close to it.

I didn't hear any reference to a bullet hole through any of Kurt's clothing. Det. Quick testified that "they" (Kimberly Smith and Milliman) had dressed, and then he testified that some of Kurt's clothing was on the hallway floor where Woodstock Fire Rescue District paramedics had treated Kurt before transporting him up the street to Centegra Hospital-Woodstock.

There are many facts yet to come out about Kurt's death. For example, did Timothy Smith hold a FOID card?

Nothing in Smith's McHenry County court record seems to preclude his right to a FOID card. His driving record is something else. The public record indicates traffic charges on 33 different dates beginning on December 31, 2003. How does a driver keep a driver's license with that record?