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本帖最后由 金牛银熊 于 2010-6-19 11:10 编辑
Woman paid bail of man now charged in her slaying
Weeks before a retired school teacher was found dead inside her Brookfield home, she posted bond that freed the man now charged with her murder, the Tribune has learned.
Marilyn Fay, 65, used her credit card on May 27 to put up the $2,500 bond for Steven Kellmann, according to court documents. Fay was found dead in her home on the 3300 block of Arthur Avenue on June 14.
Kellmann had been arrested in May on a felony charge of driving with a suspended license.
Fay posted 10 percent of the $25,000 bail set in the case and is listed on the bond document as a "friend" of Kellmann.
Fay had repeatedly tried to help Kellmann -- an alleged drug addict with a lengthy criminal record -- and had even let him stay in her home when he was homeless.
Kellmann first met Fay at the Brookfield Public Library, where she worked part time, and for a time she allowed him to live at her home, according to authorities and Fay's friends.
She had tried to help him repeatedly because she saw the good in him, and even after she asked him to move out because he had anger management problems, she allowed him to do handyman work at her house, friends said.
Several times in the past, Kellmann had posted bond but violated the terms for his release and forfeited the money.
In the May arrest, a Chicago police officer spotted Kellman driving on the Eisenhower Expressway without a seat belt and pulled him over about 10:30 p.m. May 16, according to prosecutors. He was arrested on a charge of driving with a suspended license that stemmed from a prior DUI arrest, prosecutors said.
This morning, Judge James Gavin set a $2 million bail for Kellman, citing his arrest record and bond forfeitures.
Assistant State's Attorney Andres Almendarez said Fay was last seen alive with Kellmann about 7 p.m. Sunday. Her body was found by police the next day in the bedroom of her Brookfield home. She had been stabbed, beaten and suffocated.
In the hours after her death, Kellmann tried to use her credit cards three times. He also called family members telling them he had messed up, was suicidal, was going back to jail and that he had killed somebody, Almendarez told the judge.
Using a locating signal from a cell phone, Kellmann was arrested about 5 p.m. in a hotel room on the Southwest Side of Chicago with a 23-year-old Arlington Heights woman.
Fay's SUV was parked a block and a half away. In the hotel room police found bloody clothing and more than 40 bags of heroin. Kellmann also had Fay's cell phone, credit cards and keys, Almendarez said.
The woman was later released without charges.
Kellmann's criminal background includes an aggravated robbery for which he was sentenced to six years in prison for forcing someone to withdraw money from their account at gunpoint. Other convictions include battery and theft. The ongoing suspended license case stems from a previous DUI, Almendarez said.
Kellman's next court date is June 24 in Maywood. |
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