host = new String(location.hostname); DECATUR — The Macon County coroner on Thursday said toxicology results would be needed to determine the cause of death for Kimberly D. Mashburn, who was found dead in the Torrez was sentenced to five life sentences at the state level in Virginia, and is sentenced to death at the federal level for Snell's murder. SPRINGDALE, Washington County — A body believed to be that of a man who went missing in Zion National Park on Monday has been found, park officials said Wednesday. Authorities say a man has died at Zion National Park in Utah after suffering a medical emergency. His link to the Zion case came after Jerry Hobbs, Laura Hobbs' father, had previously confessed to the girls' murder after a long interrogation and was charged. The body was found around 8:20 a.m. in Refrigerator Canyon. They didn't find her, and then, about 9 o'clock, they called the police. Stone also took some shots at Lake County, stating that the county jailed Jerry Hobbs after his confession was “coerced” by local police investigators, and “the state was ready to send him to the gallows.”. Shanes was referring not only to the murder of Hobbs and Tobias, but also a separate murder conviction in Virginia, as well as the abduction of three women, one of whom Torrez left for dead after sexually assaulting and strangling her. ET); police did not identify the person who found them. As the reality of the events sunk in, grade school officials described Laura Hobbs as an active reader who enjoyed acting out stories with puppets, and Krystal Tobias as artistic. One Dead, Nine Missing In Norway Landslide. "Apparently these girls were best friends and had last been seen riding their bikes together earlier in the afternoon," Malcolm said. Laura's grandmother, Emily Hollabaugh, said the girls may have gone to the park for a picnic. ST. GEORGE, Utah (ABC4 News) – The body of a missing hiker was found below Angels Landing, a popular trail with 1,500-foot drop-offs with handrails along the most narrow and dangerous part of the route. Johnny Williams, a man's body was found in the middle of a road around 2:30 p.m. A body of a missing hiker has been found below Angels Landing in Zion National Park. . != -1 ) { (Family photos provided by the Zion Police Department), [Most read] Man lived inside O’Hare for 3 months before detection, prosecutors say, [Most read] A ‘healthy’ doctor died two weeks after getting a COVID-19 vaccine; CDC is investigating why, More coverage: 10 years after 2 girls killed in Zion, families still await justice », [Most read] Coronavirus in Illinois updates: 50 new deaths, 3,385 new confirmed and probable cases announced Monday. Birmingham police are investigating a homicide after a man's body was found in Zion City Thursday afternoon. document.write('Monday, May 9, 2005 Posted: 11:24 PM EDT (0324 GMT)'); Hobbs pleaded guilty to methamphetamine possession, among other charges, in Oklahoma, and was sentenced to 15 years in prison, with the last 10 years suspended pending successful probation, according to court records. Zion murder case informant found dead ... to stand trial on 18 counts of murder alleging he killed the two girls and left their bodies in a Zion park. Under the negotiated agreement, convicted murderer Jorge Torrez, 30, pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced by a Lake County Circuit Court judge to 100 years in prison for the brutal Mother’s Day 2005 slayings of Laura Hobbs and Krystal Tobias. Torrez, a former Zion resident, was linked by DNA evidence in 2014 to the killings of 8-year-old Hobbs and 9-year-old Tobias in the Beulah Park nature area. “I’m very happy that justice has finally been done in this case,” Lake County State’s Attorney Michael Nerheim said Tuesday. The body of a 47-year-old man reported missing Monday afternoon in Zion National Park was found Wednesday at the end of a dead-end spur off the trail he was hiking. In exchange for guilty pleas by Torrez on two counts of first-degree murder, one for each girl, 16 other counts against Torrez were dismissed. Rescuers on Friday found a dead body and continued searching for … Judge Daniel Shanes said the killing of the two girls, as well as Torrez’s conviction in a separate murder and other abductions and assaults, placed Torrez at a level beyond most murder defendants. Home to about 23,000 people, Zion is 44 miles north of Chicago. Officials on Saturday identified the body that was found in Zion National Park earlier this week, ruling the death a suicide. Some parishioners walk out. Shanes said the Zion girls were “brutally stabbed to death.” Noting specifics of the injuries, he said the girls were stabbed a combined 31 times. The two victims were Daniel Chidester, 23, and Jesse Scaffidi, 23, both from Las Vegas, Nevada. But the agreement does formally find Torrez guilty in the deaths of Hobbs and Tobias, puts a 100-year sentence on the books and resolves the case more than a decade after the murders occurred. In going over details of the Zion case, Shanes said that Torrez knew the girls because he was friends with one of their siblings, and that after the murders, he joined the Marines “as an escape route” instead of as an honorable commitment. Keller earlier said the girls were found in a wooded area and were not covered. Also, Torrez — who previously had been convicted of murder in an unrelated case in Virginia — will be able to move from Red Onion State Prison in Virginia to a federal Department of Prisons facility, likely in Terre Haute, Ind., according to Stone. All external sites will open in a new browser. “I just want to say we’re glad it’s over,” she said after the hearing. Father guilty of killing 9 of his children, Security alert issued for 40 million credit cards. After the hearing, Stone said that having represented Torrez for a long time, he got to know him, and that despite his actions, “There is a spark of humanity in that young man.”. CNN's Keith Oppenheim contributed to this report. Zion had three reported murders in 2002 and none in 2003, according to the police department's annual reports. ZION, Illinois (CNN) -- Two girls, both under 10 and described as best friends, were Monday found killed in a wooded park near a small Illinois town. Autopsies determined both girls died of multiple stab wounds. Subscribe | What is RSS: Date: April 28, 2010 Contact: Ron Terry, 435-772-0160 The two men whose bodies were located in Zion National Park on Monday, April 26, 2010 have been identified and family members notified. What you did is repugnant to every moral of civilized society.”. Until officials announced incorrectly that Jerry Hobbs committed the murders, parents told reporters they were walking their children to school, and local and national reporters, as well as the curious, crowded outside of the Zion police station and near the scene of the murders as Zion police and the Lake County Major Crime Task Force investigated the crime. The latest charges come after Hobbs was released on parole for his last Wichita County convictions in May 2017 that included evading arrest. The report states that following a chase from Highway 79 into Wichita Falls, Hobbs was charged with evading arrest and possession of meth. The girls were reported missing by their parents Sunday evening. It's a crime against not only those kids, but against all of us.". The area coroner said Laura Hobbs and Krystal Tobias died from "stab wounds" but were not sexually assaulted. Zion Shooting: 28-Year-Old Man Dead, 8-Year-Old Boy Among 3 WoundedZion police said officers responded to a call of shots fired shortly before 1 a.m. Sunday on the 2300 block of Joppa Avenue. Stone suggested an abusive childhood helped form the adult Torrez became. The bodies were discovered at Beulah Park around 6 a.m. (7 a.m. “I hope this will bring a small amount of closure to the families and to our community.”. Galveston Police Detective Jeff Banks talks Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018, about the findings in the autopsy of "Little Jacob," a young boy found dead on the beach in October. “One murder is a tragedy,” Shanes told Torrez. Laura Hobbs, 8, left, and Krystal Tobias, 9, were found stabbed to death in Beulah Park on May 9, 2005. He said no DNA evidence had been found so far. (Family photos provided by the Zion Police Department) A bearded Torrez stood quietly throughout the hearing without speaking, other than to acknowledge he understood the agreement and was waiving his right to a trial. "This is an unusual occurrence for our community, and we are going to do everything we possibly can to bring this to a quick resolution," Mayor Lane Harrison said. ZION CITY, Ala. (WIAT) — UPDATE (10/18/19): The body of an adult male was found in the Zion City area Thursday afternoon. if ( host.indexOf("edition.") Hobbs recently made news with another arrest again this month, according to a Wichita Falls, Texas, television station, which reported Hobbs, now 48, was jailed in Archer City after a police pursuit Sept. 4. The cause of death appeared to be multiple stab wounds with a knife, said Lake County Coroner Richard Keller, adding at an afternoon news conference that autopsies were still under way. An unidentified middle-aged woman's body was found in a remote area in Zion early Monday evening, according to authorities. Officials on Friday identified the person found dead Thursday morning as 19-year-old Savannah McTague and said she was a Maine resident who worked for Xanterra at Zion Lodge. A man was found dead Sunday after going missing during a hike in Zion National Park, the National Park Service announced. It's a heinous crime. ET) to say that her daughter had failed to return home as scheduled at 7 p.m., the chief said. After the girls’ bodies were discovered, with Jerry Hobbs aiding police in the search, the Zion murders quickly became national news. document.write('Tuesday, May 10, 2005 Posted: 0324 GMT (1124 HKT)'); “He will spend the rest of his life in prison, but he deserves to be treated like a human,” Stone said. Laura Hobbs, 8, left, and Krystal Tobias, 9, were found stabbed to death in Beulah Park on May 9, 2005. The population was 22,866 at the 2000 census, and had grown to 24,413 in 2010. Prior to Torrez being returned to Lake County, he already had been convicted of the strangulation murder of Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Amanda Snell, 20, who lived in the same barracks as Torrez when he served in the Marines at the Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Virginia. }else { WATCH: BODY FOUND IN ZION CITY The body was found … Due to his previous life sentences and his death penalty case, barring unforeseen legal circumstances, it’s unlikely Torrez will serve any of the 100-year sentence he received Tuesday, which was 50 years for each of the two Lake County murders. [Most read] Column: A Catholic pastor speaks out about Trump. He said the police investigators who interviewed Hobbs were often praised by the previous Lake State’s Attorney’s Office administration, and the charging of Hobbs was instrumental in Lake County building a reputation for wrongful convictions. The cause of death is unknown at this time. No initial signs of sexual assault were found, he said. Man found dead at Zion National Park after medical emergency. [Most read] Trump farewell planned for Wednesday morning at military base ahead of Joe Biden’s oath of office, [Most read] COVID-19 in Illinois by the numbers: Here’s a daily update on cases, positivity rate and hospital data in your area, [Most read] Members of Trump campaign behind rally that ignited US Capitol riot, records show, From running back to quarterback to receiver: How Libertyville’s Riley Lees ended his career at Northwestern and looks ahead to the NFL. Low-risk high school sports return in three regions, but basketball and football remain in limbo. Zion police late Monday said in a news release that they recovered a body from a retention pond in the 1500 block of Lorelei Drive at approximately 11:30 a.m. Monday. The town was founded in 1901 as a utopian society by a Scottish minister, Dr. John Alexander Dowie, according to its Web site. Shanes added that Torrez “is beyond potential for rehabilitation,” and that his actions met the legal standard of heinous, which includes actions that are “hatefully and shockingly evil.”. Body of missing 18-year-old kayaker found in LI Coast Guard ends search for boat carrying 20 from Bahamas to Florida Long Island woman vanishes with 2-year-old daughter They also found his wife, 53-year-old Dawn R. Whitney dead in the bathroom. Hobbs spent nearly five years in Lake County jail before he was exonerated in 2010 by DNA evidence that pointed to Torrez. Tracey Lynn Rieker, 44, disappeared Sept. 30 … "We do have two murdered children, and we don't have anybody in custody," Zion police chief Doug Malcolm said. At least one of the girls' bicycles was found at the scene. Birmingham police are investigating a homicide after a body was found in Zion City Thursday afternoon. The Birmingham Police Department says they are investigating the incident as a homicide at this time. More than 13 years after the bodies of two young girls were found in a Zion park, one of the most heinous crimes in Lake County history was resolved through a plea deal Tuesday morning. Krystal Tobias’ mother, Marina Tobias, was among several Tobias family members who watched the plea deal and sentencing play out Tuesday morning. host = host.toLowerCase(); Zion police reported to a call of a fight in an apartment in the 4100 block of Barberry Lane around 10:00 p.m. Although Hobbs won a multi-million dollar settlement after being cleared, he was later arrested and imprisoned on drug charges. Three men and one woman have been killed in flash flooding in Zion National Park and three others are missing, park officials said. The body of a man was found in a retention pond Monday morning in north suburban Zion. Officers responded about 11:30 a.m. after maintenance workers from a nearby apartment complex saw the body in the pond in the 1500 block of Lorelei Drive, according to Zion police. Malcolm said the bodies were found off a bicycle path in a wooded area on the north end of the city park. Police were alerted Saturday afternoon to a body near a rock pile in an empty lot near Lebanon, Illinois, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. “Your murder of these two girls was reprehensible. Ten years after Krystal Tobias and Laura Hobbs were stabbed to death in Zion's Beulah Park, trial for the latest murder suspect awaits. According to Sgt. Malcolm said: "No stone will be unturned. Keller said there were "obvious injuries" and that police were looking for murder weapons. Zion is a city in Lake County, Illinois, United States. 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