Oglesby is accused of poisoning the former Maquon Police Chief Richard Young and then concealing his corpse in a storage locker.
After the Illinois’ 4th District Appellate Court reinstated murder charges against Oglesby she filed a petition for leave, asking the Supreme Court to review.
Since the state’s high court has declined, Oglesby is still charged with murder and will next be in court for a pre-trial hearing on March 4.
Circuit Judge Andrew Doyle had thrown out murder charges because the Knox County State’s Attorney hadn’t filed those counts until months after the original charges of concealment of death.
Judge Doyle ruled that the timeline for murder charges being filed violated Oglesby’s rights to a speedy trial.
Oglesby is being represented by Knox County Public Defender David Hansen.
In a statement, the office of Knox County State’s Attorney Jeremy Karlin says, “The appellate court ruled that the court erred when it dismissed the case. The appellate court ruled that because the concealment of a nonhomicidal death and the murder charges were not a part of the same act or action by the defendant, they were not required to filed at the same time. Specifically, Oglesby’s alleged poisoning of Richard Young was an entirely different act than hiding his remains in a storage unit. Therefore, compulsory joinder did not apply and Oglesby’s speedy trial rights were not violated.”
Oglesby remains out of custody on pre-trial release.
