October 31, 2005

Sarah Kolb trial begins

In what will undoubtedly prove to be a showcase trial for all involved, drawing enormous amounts of publicity even on a nationwide scale, the trial of Sarah Kolb, the now 17 year old charged with the grisly murder of 16 year old Adrianne Reynolds.

8 of the 12 jurors who will hear the case were seated today, with jury selection to continue Tuesday morning, with opening arguments slated to begin Wednesday.

Politically, this is Terronez's golden moment, but he's going up against some very tough opposition in public defender Dave Hoffman, an experienced, tough, tenacious, and very sharp attorney in his own right.

Of interest is the fact that another defendant, Cory Gregory, was not listed on the witness list for the prosecution.
Cory C. Gregory, 17, of Moline, is also charged with murder in the case. Nathan Gaudet, 16, of Moline, pleaded guilty in March to concealing a homicide in connection with the case.

During jury selection this morning, prospective jurors were read a list of 46 names of people who may testify for the state, and a list of 28 names of people who may testify for the defense. Mr. Gregory, who last week was negotating with prosecutors about the possibility of testifying against Ms. Kolb, was not among those listed by the state. Mr. Gaudet was listed, as were various police officers, forensic experts and teachers and students from the Black Hawk Outreach Center.

Twelve jurors and two alternates will be chosen to hear the evidence. Selection of the 14 was expected to take up to two days, and the presentation of evidence about 10 days to two weeks.

State's Attorney Jeff Terronez is the lead prosecutor. Public Defender David Hoffman is the lead defense attorney. The trial is being held in the Rock Island County Justice Center.

Ms. Kolb, dressed in black slacks, a white turtleneck and a gray sweater, turned occasionally and smiled at members of her family. She was arrested and charged in the case Jan. 26, hours after Ms. Reynolds body was found. She's been in custody since.
NOTE: this is an old story on this case. To get to the main page, click here and scroll down for a more recent post.

To get to a post on the verdict, click here.

13 Comments:

At 11/15/2005 4:38 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

its hard to report a trial that is so interlaced in everyones lives. i worked at a theatre with sarahs step father and my friends family lives near sarahs house in milan. i went to moline with cory for a while and my friend even dated him. as a once teen columnist i realize that this trial is in everyones backyard and its hard to rake the leaves they bury your dog

 
At 11/17/2005 9:41 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

okay i think that all of this is bogas.... she killed adrianne renolds and she needs to be put in jail for this for the rest of her life. and sarah needs to think about what she has done. It says in the news paper that Sarah Kolb said she was attracted to adrianne and was apset that she was having sex with boys. but merly pulled Adriannes hair and yelled at her. okay so she is jelouse so what... that still doesnt give her the right to take someones life.... and she will never be able to live again.... the girl didnt no her parents and there for didnt live her life to find them.... what sarah has done to this girl is wronge and the others that helped her they did it to its not just sarahs fault its theres to. Im 16 and if someone took a family member out of my life like that i would be sure to let them no what they have done is wronge. and the person who doesnt think she did it is very wronge. for all we no he could be a convicted felon. but what ever. the teenagers are al sick twited and wronge and have to live with this for the rest of there life. no job or anything. cause this will be on there perminted record.

 
At 11/17/2005 9:48 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

HOW IN THE WORLD COULD SOMEONE DO THIS??? ITS NOT RIGHT AND I REALLY WANT TO BE HERD WHEN I SAY THIS... SARAH KOLB DID KILL ADRIANNE AND SHE SAID THAT SHE WAS JELOUSE THAT ADDRIANNE WAS HAVING SEX WITH ALL THESE GUYS.. BUT DOES THAT GIVE HER THE RIGHT TO KILL HER?? NO!!!!! EVERY TEENAGER SHOULD BE ABLE TO LIVE THERE LIFE TO THE FULLEST... ADRIANNE DIDNT EVEN NO HER REAL MOM OR DAD... AND SHE NEVER DIDNT ANYTHING BUT BE A TEENAGER... AND SARAH KILLED HER FOR LIKING OTHER MEN AND NOT LIKING WOMEN.. LIKE HER... IM SORRY BUT THATS NOT RIGHT.. IM JUST WANT TO GIVE MY WISHES TO ADRIANNES PARENTS THAT HAVE RASED HER AND TO HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS.... SHE WILL BE IN YOU HEARTS

 
At 12/16/2005 1:47 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I personaly, from the qc area know her she is a crazy person haveing sex with her is great but a im glad i got away before she went haywire.
-David

 
At 2/22/2006 2:45 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

spelling? anyone? anyone?

 
At 2/22/2006 7:43 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wow. Real, live rednecks

 
At 2/22/2006 10:31 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

that blogger before meant "permanent" but wrote "perminted" or something

 
At 2/23/2006 9:14 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

okay you people need to grow up. this isn't a site for you to leave messages telling someone that they need to learn how to spell or telling eveyone how great it is fucking sarah kolb. this site isn't about ya'll so get over yourself and grow the fuck up!! sarah got 125 years for what she did. no, i don't think she is getting punished enough, but if you really think about it in a few years she is going to feel the pain of what she did. i knew adrianne, i went to school with her in white oak texas, and we were pretty good friends, but i can't bring her back and neither can ya'll. i do think its funny, though, how all of ya'll think ya'll know all about her life ya'll don't know shit!!! JUST GROW THE FUCK UP!!!!!!!!!!!!

 
At 2/23/2006 11:37 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

sentencing for sarah hasnt happened yet the word is though she could get 65 years not 125...which i think still isnt enough but im not the judge...if she does get 65 years and serves the whole sentence and is still alive she will be 82 years old. just like adrianne she will never get married or have children (unless she gets out early which i hope she doesnt or somehow it happens in prison) they also had to take new mug shots of her because after her sentencing she shaved her head except for a little bit of bangs in the front. its a strange sad unbelievable situation and im glad that there is a little bit of closure for everyone...

 
At 2/25/2006 7:38 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

There are way too many immature people posting in here. As for the case, I dont hope for anything. The justice system should do what it does best which is punish criminals. As for this publicity that everyone is talking about....its only a local thing. I havent heard a single NATIONAL reporter even speak the words of what happened on that tragic day. I have a question for anyone who wants to respond.....Was there even an amber alert? because I dont really think there was...I feel sorry for these heartless people who murdered her...but it hurts more to know that someone could have NO MERCY when there looking into your eyes while killing you. My Prayers for ALL

 
At 2/26/2006 11:56 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

As for this publicity that everyone is talking about....its only a local thing. I havent heard a single NATIONAL reporter even speak the words of what happened on that tragic day.


Try using a search engine:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/02/08/teen.dismembered.ap/?section=cnn_mostpopular

 
At 4/06/2006 2:42 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

interesting....

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=24440780&blogID=55341214&Mytoken=9d7484f5-7525-44af-b00b-8f580348e318

 
At 10/07/2006 1:01 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Is she already in jail for life or are they still trying to come up with a decision about it??

 

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