Herbert Whitlock News Today

It’s time once again to dive in to another round of quick takes on the people, places and events that were being talked about over the past week:

One question that comes to mind is whether Randy Steidls co-defendant — Herbert Whitlock — will receive a similar pardon, and if so, when.

After 23 years and five governors, former death row inmate Randy Steidl had pretty much abandoned his long-sought goal of obtaining a gubernatorial pardon based on “innocence.”

Exchange for leniency. police now had enough to arrest steidl and whitlock. >> i think the brutal nature of the slayings, the fact that it was a double homicide, the other aggravating factors that our office will likely seek the death penalty. >> both herb whitlock, age 41, and randy steidl, age 35, had histories of petty crime. news of their arrests reached steidls brother rory, an illinois state trooper. >> randy, he drank. be in a bar setting. if he got angry or someone started something, the...

>> were able to go through and view all of the police reports that included polygraph reports that had never been disclosed to us. a polygraph report where darrell herrington had failed the polygraph. >> but if reinboldt and herrington were lying, why had both of them fingered steidl and whitelock for the crime? randy thought he knew. >> two weeks before dike and karen were murdered, herb whitlock and myself had went to the fbi about prosecutor mike mcfatridge. >> they believed the states attorn...

That newly focused media attention might cause problems. >> my initial thought was, of course, they got the right guys. the illinois police dont make mistakes. we dont put innocent people in prison. but i will never forget the day i walked in and looked at the file sitting there, and i had not even turned the first page when i got a phone call from sergeant jake ekerty who was the sergeant on the case. and he blurted out, please dont ruin my reputation. im not a dirty cop. so it was a definite r...

Night and they invited me to come along with them to the rhoads house. >> what position was karen rhoads in? was she trying to leave and you cut her? >> no, i didnt cut her. >> so she was just lying there, watching steidl and whitlock stab her husband? >> yes. >> is that what happened? okay. >> the stories from the key witnesses left callahan with a glaring question. >> theyd made this case based on these two eyewitnesses, but the eyewitnesses contradicted each other. >> darrell herrington was s...

And i realize just then they just convicted me of a double murder i had nothing to do with. and im telling you, its like somebody just reached over and turned the light switch off on your life. >> though herb whitlock was convicted of only one of the murders and sentenced to life in prison, randy was found guilty of killing both dyke and karen and sentenced to death. ♪

Rhoads house the night of the murder, brought darrell herrington with them. asked him to wait in the car. >> as herrington stayed in the car, steidl and whitlock went to the front door to confront dyke rhoads. >> darrell herrington said he heard them arguing about money. when they argued, they could get very heated. >> herrington later heard screams. inside, he discovered the crime scene. >> what happened when you went in the bedroom, darrell? >> there was a body laying there. then i look up. i ...

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