A 78-year-old Maquon woman arrested on Friday for a 2022 murder will not stay in jail.
Knox County Court records indicate Karen Doubet has made her first court appearance on charges including First-Degree Murder, two counts of Aggravated Battery by Ingesting a Toxic Substance, Concealment of a Homicidal Death, and Concealment of Death.
Doubet allegedly poisoned former Maquon Police Chief Richard Young, 71, before his body was found inside a box kept in a storage locker two years ago Monday.
Court records indicate prosecutors did not seek to keep Doubet in custody until trial. That’s the same as Marcy Oglesby, 52, already facing similar charges in the case, after they were ordered restored by an appellate court.
The Law and Crime Network reported last year that Doubet allegedly was deceptive about Young’s death, with Oglesby claiming the body was being held in a storage locker so that she could somehow comply with his wish to be buried in a “Indian burial mound.”
Doubet will be back in court October 30th for a preliminary hearing, while Oglesby’s next court date is a status hearing December 10th.
