A spokesperson for the office of Lake County State's Attorney Mike Nerheim earlier declined to comment on the case, citing pending litigation. The two-hour program also features the first national network interview with Yang's children, Andrew, Emily and Brandon. …

The first shot had to have come from someone much taller than Yang? March 22, 2011 (CHICAGO) On Tuesday, ABC7 took a closer look at evidence used against Yang. Last week, it was the fallout from Brian Griese’s comments on the ESPN broadcast. All rights reserved. Now 51, Yang is serving a pair of life sentences in state prison for the murder of Reuter and her unborn child. On Tuesday, Lake County Circuit Judge Christopher Stride announced he plans to issue a ruling on whether to move forward with Yang's petition or take any other action at a Dec. 17 post-conviction status hearing. Exclusive: Marni Yang sits down with 20/20 for her first national TV interview about the murder of Rhoni Reuter. See the exclusive preview of episode, dubbed "Murder and Scandal in Chicagoland," in the trailer above. Way wrong. I implore the Lake County law enforcement officials to please re-open this case. Ammentorp said she had her own idea about who was likely to have killed her friend but she was keeping it to herself. Myers runs the private detective company his father, Stan, started in 1959. Ammentorp cited the ballistics report as part of an "abundance of information and evidence" that convinced her that Yang did not kill her friend. It was recorded at a Denny's in Arlington Heights by Yang's friend Christy Paschen, who was wearing a microphone on behalf of the Lake County Major Crimes Task Force.

'This is a good thing, Rhoni. "That is Lake County's responsibility, and I believe that they will step forward and they will do the right thing. According to the prosecutors, former Chicago Bear Shaun Gayle. But LaPino wanted me to know that a Lake County judge had just ruled that Yang’s newly assembled defense team could have access to evidence they feel would prove that Yang, formerly a real-estate agent, could not have killed Reuter and her unborn child back in 2007. And I didn't want Marni to get off on a technicality, and I wasn't going to let that happen. So investigators hatched an undercover operation at, of all places, a Denny's. LaPino is what is known, in common parlance, as a private eye. The preview includes a recap of the crime and teases the new interviews from 20/20. CORRECTION: An earlier version of this column reported that wrongfully convicted Jerry Hobbs spent time in prison when, in fact, Hobbs had been in jail — not prison — for five years. Stone, who has represented several people whose convictions in Lake County have been overturned on appeal, was hired by Yang's father, Larry Merar, three years ago to prepare the post-conviction petition filed last month. They never told the defense this information, and justice was ill-served.". So the story went. Ammentorp said she "knew the mental and psychological abuse that had been going on for 17 years" and that Reuter's pregnancy was unplanned. Marni Yang is trying to calm down her best friend Christi Paschen, but cops have called Paschen, and she's freaked out. I do have concerns about trying cases in Pat Fix's courtroom, and have since she took an oath to become a judge. I have always liked him. By Chris Harnick May 06, 2020 12:00 PM Tags TV Entertainment True Crime The two had been dating for more than 17 years, but were not exclusive, according to testimony presented at the 2011 murder trial of Marni Yang, another of Gayle's lovers. I went to meet with investigator Steve LaPino and MSI president Perry Myers. Yang's daughter, Emily Yang, told reporters last month the lead prosecutor on the case, Patricia Fix, a Lake County Circuit Judge since 2012, threatened her if she did not testify falsely that her mother had written letters to Gayle's 16 other romantic partners.

They had looked at videotapes, listened to voicemails and police recordings, called people, compared data and found a lot of inconsistencies, lack of evidence, unchecked leads and unasked questions in the case. Hence my reluctance to dig into the case.
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© 2020 E! At the time of her death, the 42-year-old Potosi, Wisconsin, native was seven months pregnant with the daughter of retired NFL safety Shaun Gayle, a member of the 1985 Super Bowl-winning Bears team. Chang's interview with Yang airs in 20/20 on Friday, May 8 at 9 p.m. on ABC. Yang is 9 inches shorter than Reuter. Fix is prohibited from responding to the allegations by the Illinois Judicial Conduct Code because they concern a pending case.

In the Rivera case, Lake County investigators had been accused of planting blood on the defendant’s shoe. KONKOL COLUMN: Pastor Bob Neuman didn't let falling in an open sewer hole stop him from finishing a funeral service. Sign up for the CHICAGO — A longtime close friend of the murdered pregnant girlfriend of a former Chicago Bears player said Tuesday she believes the person convicted of her killing is innocent and her true killer remains at large. Ammentorp said Reuter was like a sister to her. “I know football fans want Rambo and heads getting cut off,” Gayle told me. His expert report determined Reuter's killer was significantly taller than her. According to an affidavit filed last week in support of Yang's post-conviction petition for actual innocence, detectives also threatened to charge Paschen with the murder unless she agreed to wear a wire. newsletter, Even before Javon Wims’ punch, the Bears had a discipline problem, Film study: Highs and lows of Bears’ 26-23 loss to Saints, Snap judgment: Bears TE Cole Kmet finally gets that bump in playing time, 2 teens wounded in accidental shooting in Little Village, 1 teen in custody. It was alleged that Yang was wearing a disguise when she shot and killed Reuter in a jealous rage. Chang is anchor of ABC's Nightline. You have the right to demand the truth.". I don't like practicing in her courtroom, period. I wonder what he’s thinking. "We’re prepared to add more, we don’t want to, but if we need to we have some more," a parishioner said of the vigil, which is slated to last until Nov. 9. "That person needs to be held accountable.". News has learned Yang, who was convicted of the murder, is opening up to Juju Chang for 20/20. Nearly a decade after the murder of Rhoni Reuter, the pregnant girlfriend of Chicago Bears defensive back Shaun Gayle, E! I was troubled by this. Marni Yang's defense team presented photos of Yang and her three children. Vicious crimes disturb me greatly, as I’m sure they do most of us. Binge These True Crime Shows and Documentaries. Gayle lives in London now, doing TV work for English football coverage.

Also, the death investigation of Fox Lake police Lt. Joe Gliniewicz was led by the Lake County Major Crimes Task Force, not the Lake County state’s attorney’s office.

A lot of new evidence had come from LaPino and Myers and their snooping. In the interview, ABC says Yang opens up about her claims of false confession and says she was wrongfully convicted. Jed Stone, Yang's attorney, said key pieces of exculpatory evidence were withheld from the defense and never presented to the jury.

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