A story on the Crystal Lake Patch reveals that a ".38 caliber handgun" was used in the shooting death of Kurt Milliman on May 28, 2011, in unincorporated McHenry County just outside Woodstock. How did the Patch reporter learn that?
The reporter read the Complaint filed in the cases against Timothy Smith. In that Complaint, Det. Quick says, on oath, that Timothy Smith "without lawful justification, shot Kurt Milliman in the torso with a .38 caliber revolver..."
The McHenry County Sheriff's Department has not held one press conference related to this murder. Not one. The Sheriff has not appeared before the press. The Undersheriff has not. And certainly no detective has.
The names of two detectives and one deputy are stated in the Complaint on file with the McHenry County Circuit Clerk that is the basis for charges against Kimberly A. Smith. The detectives are Det. Quick and Det. McDonald. Are the detectives highly experienced detectives, with proficiency in murder cases? Perhaps the sheriff will step forward and explain the assignment of this case to them. Were they just "next up"?
The deputy who may have been the first deputy on the scene is Deputy Singer, as it appears from the Complaint that the false home invasion story was told to him. That formed the basis for one of the charges.
Certainly, some very basic facts could be released to the public, even to the sheriff's favorite daily newspaper in the county, without jeopardizing this case.
Questions continue to persist among the public as to why Kimberly Smith's bond was reduced from $50,000 to $15,000 and why she hasn't been charged as an accomplice or accessory.
The whole story being put out by the Sheriff's Department that this started as a prostitution act just doesn't make any sense, when you take it apart. Is there anyone in McHenry County who believes, even for a moment, that the going rate for an act of sexual intercourse is $40.00? Will a jury believe it? And if a jury doesn't believe it, what happens to the whole case against her?
Reading the Complaint against Timothy Smith more carefully this morning brought me to another conclusion about the $40.00. More about that later.
How did the Sheriff's Department and the State's Attorney's Office decide so quickly that this was a First-Degree Murder case? Isn't "first degree murder" a premeditated act? Did Timothy or Kimberly confess to planning to kill Kurt? For $40.00? When Kimberly had $600 in her purse in her vehicle (according to her affidavit when requesting a public defender)?
I like my Swiss Cheese between two slices of bread, please, not in a murder case.
(Edited at 11:40AM)
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3 months ago
3 comments:
Gus, thank you for continuing to question this case. None of the people I've discussed this with ever understood how the whole '$40/sex act' theory came about.
Is the MCSD taking the Smiths' word for it that this is how Mr. Milliman was in their presence to begin with? What proof is there of this? It seems like a bad thing to be saying without any proof.
It is unbelievable to many people that the MCSD can be so unprofessional in handling a murder investigation and complaint.
Thanks, sixcedars. Be sure to read tomorrow. I don't think I'm going to get it sorted out today and typed up.
I guess we'll have to keep waiting for your big expose, Gus. While we do, perhaps you can take the time to review the court file and solve the big mystery of how the Crystal Lake Patch was tipped off to the type of murder weapon. Well, hell, THEY must have read the criminal complaint that was filed in the case where - in addition to the detectives name - it clearly states that Milliman was shot with a .38 caliber revolver. No big mystery any longer, is it? Simply somebody that took the time to actually investigate rather than rely on rumor and innuendo and quickly publicize it since it could be twisted around to make the sheriff's office look bad. You'll never learn.
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