Robert D. Harris, 72, of Virginia will be transferred to the Illinois Department of Corrections to serve two life sentences concurrently following a January 2021 double-homicide.
Robert D. Harris, 72, of Virginia was found guilty on six counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder in the 2021 shooting deaths of Kathleen G. Wzientek, 68, and Brenda G. Crum, 64.
Arraignment set in double homicide
Darren Iozia, darren.iozia@myjournalcourier.com
FacebookTwitterEmail
Robert Harris
VIRGINIA — A Virginia man will be arraigned next month in connection with a Jan. 10 double homicide in this small Cass County city.
Robert D. Harris, 71, is facing eight counts — six counts of first-degree murder, one count of attempted murder and one count of aggravated battery and discharge of a weapon, according to Cass County State’s Attorney Craig Miller.
A third person also was injured in the incident.
Harris initially was set to be arraigned Feb. 3 but it was rescheduled for 2 p.m. March 9 because of the recent winter weather.
A Virginia man faces multiple murder charges in the aftermath of a shooting that left a former girlfriend and another woman dead at a Virginia residence Sunday afternoon.
Robert D. Harris, 71, of Virginia was formally charged Tuesday with six counts of first-degree murder, one count of attempted murder and one count of aggravated battery with a firearm in Cass County court.
Harris, who is being held in the Morgan County Jail in Jacksonville because Cass County does not have a jail, appeared before the county's resident judge, Timothy J. Wessel, in person.
The victims, Kathleen G. Wzientek, 68, and Brenda G. Crum, 64, both of Virginia, were found dead in Wzientek's residence in the 100 block of South East Street.