Man Runs Over Wife, Stomps Her Face in Front of Paramedics: Cops
Although he reported the incident as an accident, the Crest Hill man was charged with murder after police reconstructed what happened, police said.
After running over his wife in their garage and calling 911 for help with the "accident," paramedics arrived just in time to see a Crest Hill man stomping in the dying woman's face, police and prosecutors said. The man, Jerry Nichols, 62, appeared in bond court before Will County Judge Roger Rickmon Monday afternoon. Nichols faces two counts of first-degree murder. Prosecutors dropped charges of domestic battery and reckless homicide. Nichols' wife, Diane Nichols, 57, was taken from their 16040 Arborvitae Circle home to Presence St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, where she was pronounced dead at 11:49 a.m. Saturday. Crest Hill Police Chief Dwayne Wilkerson said detectives have yet to establish a motive for the alleged Saturday morning …
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Christy
10:55 am on Saturday, March 23, 2013
I so agree with you Tim, Sashie and GlockG22... I don't care what a family has gone through or any circumstances surrounding this. It's bad enough the jackass ran her over but stomping her head in after the fact is overkill. Maybe someone should do to him as he did to her. Then lets see what you're saying Shannon about what that person did to your uncle. I hope he burns in hell for what he did!! more ›