JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - A jury has convicted a northeastern Illinois man for a second time in the stabbing death of his former boss at a horse farm in 2007.
The Herald-News reports (https://bit.ly/2eG8iZV ) 31-year-old Martin Gomez again represented himself and argued there was no physical evidence linking him to the slaying of 58-year-old Joseph Salamie. Prosecutors say Salamie was slashed and stabbed 111 times.
Gomez told the jury it was “coincidence that this was happening while I was driving through the area.” Jurors convicted him Thursday.
Prosecutors say the St. Anne man used stolen, bloody money to buy drugs. Salamie’s body was found in a ditch near his Peotone farm.
Gomez was convicted of murder in 2011, but an appeals court decided he had not been given the proper warnings about representing himself.
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Information from: The Herald-News, https://www.theherald-news.com/
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