STATEMENT OF FACTS - University of Illinois Springfield

Stenger admitted she was not friends with Junior – just acquaintances.
(Vol. LVIII, R. 1371) She did attempt to go to Ronnie’s one night but was not able
to get in because she was underage. Stenger stated Junior had invited her. (Vol.
LVIII, R. 1371-73) Stenger did not know Karyn and never heard Junior refer to
her as a “bitch.” (Vol. LVIII, R. 1373)
Sherri Chandler was a manager and bartender at Ronnie’s in September of
1996. Prior to September 27, 1996, Chandler heard Junior refer to Karyn Slover
as a “bitch.” Junior did not talk about Karyn very often. (Vol. LVI, R. 932-934;
38) On the night of Karyn’s funeral, Chandler observed Junior and some friends
at a table doing shots and making toasts. They were laughing and talking. (Vol.
LVI, R. 934-37) Chandler only saw Junior do one shot. (Vol. LVI, R. 943)
That same night, Bill Chandler heard Junior say, “that’s one bitch I don’t
have to worry about.” Everyone in the group laughed. Chandler did not hear
Junior specifically refer to Karyn when he made that statement. (Vol. LVI, R. 952-
53) Chandler never told police about this incident until he was present when the
police interviewed his wife in May of 1999. (Vol. LVI, R. 955-56)
After the funeral, Larry and Donna Hearn tried to set up a visitation
schedule for Kolten. Junior insisted on certain conditions including that the
Hearns promise not to talk to Kolten about Karyn’s murder; not visit the grave site
and not seek counseling for Kolten. (Vol. LIII, R. 33-41) Eventually Junior
stopped returning phone calls and it became impossible for the Hearns to see
Kolten on a regular basis. (Vol. LIII, R. 141-42; 192) Mr. Hearn did admit that he
had no way of knowing whether Junior had received any of these phone messages
because Junior was living in his house with other people. (Vol. LIII, R. 151-52)
The Hearns took Junior to court over visitation with Kolten in February of
1997. The trial court gave specific dates for visits and conditioned those visits on
the agreement that the Hearns would not take Kolten to his mother’s grave site;
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