Bench Trial Opens In Triple Homicide On Riley Drive
David Proeber / The Pantagraph (Pool) The McLean County judge who will determine a verdict in the June 2018 triple homicide on Bloomington's Riley Drive heard opening statements Monday in the case against Sydney Mays. Mays is charged with nine counts of murder in the deaths of Nate Pena and Corey Jackson, both 22, and Juan Carlos Perez, 33. He also is charged with attempted murder for causing injuries that paralyzed Pena’s son, who was 4 at the time, and aggravated discharge of a firearm. If convicted, Mays could be sentenced to life in prison. In his opening remarks, First Assistant...