Justice for Alan Beaman tonight

By: Diane Benjamin If you forgot the details of this case, see this story: https://tinyurl.com/fkwse7hd Mr. Beaman lost at least 13 years of his life, of course the Town of Normal won’t admit the police blew the investigation. Jennifer Lockmiller’s killer is still free. He deserves at least this much money. From the documentation – […]

Remember Carol’s Last Christmas?

By: Diane Benjamin In case you missed the podcast, it’s about an unsolved murder in Normal from 1975. https://blnnews.com/2023/02/10/all-9-episodes-now-available/ Last week CI Proud and News 25 did stories claiming Normal police are now trying to solve the murder: https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/normal-police-seek-help-in-solving-48-year-old-murder-at-isu/amp/ https://www.25newsnow.com/2023/12/22/normal-police-has-gone-great-lengths-solve-48-year-old-cold-case/?outputType=amp Two more episodes were added in November. Listen here: https://radiomisfits.com/podcasts/carols-last-christmas/ Just 48 hours before Christmas, 1975, 21 year old […]

Normal: You should be embarrassed

By: Diane Benjamin Is Normal embarrassed they have TWO unsolved murders of young woman attending ISU? They must be since they refuse to release unredacted documents and most interviews from the 1975 case. What they did release shows leads were not documented as being followed up on. The 5th episode of Carol’s Last Christmas was […]

Normal Police and Cold Cases

By: Diane Benjamin Most people remember the 1993 Jennifer Lockmiller case where Alan Beaman was declared innocent after spending years in prison. https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3018 The case is still unsolved. Is anyone investigating now? Lockmiller was not the only unsolved murder on the ISU campus however. In 1975 Carol Rofstad was murdered outside her sorority house. The […]

Koos dethroned

By: Diane Benjamin I hope the Normal citizens who never confront Koos and his bobbleheads were watching last night’s meeting. Passion shut down Chris Koos, Kevin McCarthy couldn’t even get a Point of Order recognized. More on that one later. Last night I posted a screen shot showing how many citizens showed up, many: https://blnnews.com/2021/10/04/koos-and-crew-not-having-fun-tonight/ […]