Guilty of Nothing

By Kevin King

When Bill Eck is accused of a crime he didn’t commit, the evidence is compelling but not complete. With enough loopholes in the case to run a racehorse through, it seems as though any logical juror or judge would need more evidence to convict anyone in this position.
A serial killer who strikes at the site of the racehorse track has every citizen on edge, and Bill is no exception. He is, however, exceptional in one way––his unerring ability to bet on winning horses. Unfortunately, this garners him more than a few enemies and, when an anonymous call is made to the police station, they find him unconscious at the racetrack, with evidence of the murders clutched in his hand. When he wakes up, unable to recollect the series of events that landed him in jail, the police and townsfolk think it’s an open-and-shut case. With a tough judge, will justice be done?
Kevin King’s Guilty of Nothing provides not only a page-turning, gripping story, but also a scathing indictment of our so-called “justice system.”

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Feb 24, 2014
• ISBN: 9781491867105

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Published by AuthorHouse 02/20/2014

ISBN: 978-1-4918-6711-2 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4918-6710-5 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2014903612

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CONTENTS

1.   Begin

2.   Horse Track

3.   Deaths

4.   Arrested

5.   Opening

6.   State

7.   Defense

8.   Closing

9.   Verdict

10.   Prison

11.   Appeal

12.   Media

13.   Murders

14.   Release

15.   Killer

16.   End

For the cure of all mental illness

1

BEGIN

B ill Eck was born in Chatham, Illinois, the son of Joe and Marsha Eck. Chatham is a small city a few miles away from Springfield, the capital of Illinois. He grew up in Chatham and went to grade school and high school there. He graduated from Chatham Glenwood High School.

Bill was the star pitcher for the Chatham Glenwood baseball team. He was named the Central State Eight Player of the Year. Glenwood High School belongs to the Central State Eight Conference.

He received a scholarship from Western Illinois University to play baseball there. He signed his scholarship at the high school. He left for Macomb, Illinois, the following day. He did very well as a college player until he hurt his arm.

But Bill had his college education to fall back on. He was studying to be a civil engineer at Western Illinois University. While at college, Bill met Mary Lewis in his sophomore year. They were married in Macomb after they both graduated from Western Illinois University. Then Bill and Mary Eck moved to Chicago from Macomb. Bill was hired as a civil engineer for Roy Simon Engineers.

They had two sons and one daughter. The boys were named Bob and Charlie and their daughter was named Carrie. Charlie played third base for his high school team. Bob was a pitcher for his high school team.

The baseball scouts were looking at the Eck brothers for a possible Major League career. Both of the Eck brothers were excited about the possibility of being a Major League player. Carrie, their sister, was in school in Chicago to be a civil engineer just like her father.

Eddie Eck is the brother of Bill Eck and ran a gas station in Springfield. Eddie wasn’t interested in sports, but could build a car practically from nothing. Eddie placed Bill’s pictures of his high school career on the wall of his gas station. Eddie was very proud of his brother.

Dave and Karrie Mayo were next-door neighbors to the Eck family. Dave Mayo only saw the Ecks on weekends. His days were filled with doing the books for the Roy Simon Engineers. Karrie Mayo worked as the president of the Chicago Park District and tried to make the parks look the best they could be. This kept her busy. Dave and Karrie Mayo had a boy and a girl.

Ed Michaels, another civil engineer at Roy Simon Engineers, was a good friend with Bill. Bill and Ed hung out together after work and sometimes on the weekends. Roy Simon owned and operated Roy Simon Engineers. He started this business from nothing. Jill Simon, his wife, was the secretary at Roy Simon Engineers. She helped Roy in some of the decision making of his business.

Father Franks was the pastor where Bill and his family went to church. Bill believed Father Franks always gave a sermon to live by. He taught the Christian life by telling others how Jesus Christ would treat them and how you could treat others the same way.

2

HORSE TRACK

O n weekends, Bill Eck would go to Arlington, Illinois to the horse racing track.

One day, Roy Simon asked Bill, Bill, see you a lot at the horse racing track. I own a racehorse. Would you like to see my racehorse?

Bill answered, Yes.

Bill and