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- Title: People v. Benedik
- Author : Supreme Court of Illinois
- Release Date : January 31, 1974
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 59 KB
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After a jury trial in the circuit court of Lake County the defendant, William Benedik, was found guilty of the murder of Karl Kresmery and Lynn Kelly. Upon recommendation of the jury, the trial judge imposed the death penalty. The defendant has appealed directly to this court. 50 Ill.2d R. 603. For approximately seven years the defendant had been having an affair with Lynn Kelly. Shortly before the occurrence in question she had terminated the relationship and began dating Karl Kresmery. On the night of September 15, 1971, Miss Kelly and Kresmery were celebrating the latter's birthday at a tavern in Fox Lake, Illinois. Shortly after they entered the tavern, the defendant arrived. Witnesses testified that the defendant, Benedik, had been looking for Miss Kelly that evening and that she was attempting to avoid meeting him. The defendant did not speak to either Miss Kelly or Kresmery at the tavern. Miss Kelly and Kresmery left the tavern after midnight. The defendant left at about the same time. The body of Kresmery was discovered the next morning in a ravine adjacent to a desolate road in Fox Lake. The body of Miss Kelly was found on the same day in a wooded area of Marinette County, Wisconsin. Pathologists testified that both had died from knife wounds.