Knox County prosecutors yesterday filed an amended information charging 50-year-old Marcy Lyn Oglesby, of Maquon, Illinois, with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery by administering a dangerous substance, and concealment of a homicide death. According to court documents, she poisoned the man with toxic substances. The male victim’s identity has not been officially confirmed by authorities. She was already facing two counts of possession of a firearm without a requisite firearm owner’s identification card, two counts of forgery, and one count of concealment of a death.
Oglesby concealed his death by placing his body in a box and locking it in a storage unit sometime between Oct. 15, 2021, and Dec. 25, 2021, according to court documents. Knox County sheriff’s deputies discovered the body on October 7th after responding to the storage units on 3rd Street in Maquon for a complaint of a suspicious odor. Oglesby pleaded not guilty on Oct. 31 to the original charges.
The Knox County Sheriff’s Department declined to comment on the new charges. Oglesby will be back in court tomorrow for a preliminary hearing on the new charges. Knox County State’s Attorney Jeremy Karlin will have a news release after tomorrow’s preliminary hearing.
