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Lawyers for Barton McNeil should not be allowed to introduce evidence to support his claims that his former girlfriend confessed to the murder that put him behind bars for life, the state argues in a motion filed in McNeil’s petition for a new trial.
Barton McNeil was convicted of in the 1998 death of his 3-year-old daughter, Christina. McNeil has denied any involvement in the child’s death. He has urged Bloomington police to investigate his former girlfriend, Misook Nowlin, a woman with a history of violence and child abuse, as a possible suspect.
Sexual assault charges pending for seven years were dismissed Friday against Jeffrey Martin, a Normal man sentenced in February to 28 years in prison for possession of child pornography.
Alan Beaman accuses former Normal detectives Tim Freesmeyer, Frank Zayas and Dave Warner with conspiring to frame him in the 1993 strangulation death of Jennifer Lockmiller.
Michael Schneider worked as a staff member at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Bloomington before his arrest in June 2021 on the felony charges. He also spent time teaching piano lessons.