MOUNT CARROLL, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois man charged with murder in the death of a state child welfare worker is asking for a change of venue for his trial.
Sauk Valley Media reports a hearing is scheduled Friday afternoon on the request that 25-year-old Andrew Sucher’s Carroll County public defender filed Tuesday. They cite extensive pretrial publicity. The trial is scheduled to begin May 21.
Sucher is held on $1 million bond. He faces 20 to 60 years in prison in the death of 59-year-old Pamela Knight of Dixon. The state Department of Children and Family Services worker died Feb. 8 in a Chicago hospital. Authorities say Knight was trying to take a child into protective custody last September when Sucher allegedly kicked her in the head, fracturing her skull and causing severe brain damage.
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