Left: Brian CarrickChicago Daily Herald - IL, USA
Judge clears perjury charges linked to McHenry teen's disappearance
By Charles Keeshan Daily Herald Staff
A judge Wednesday cleared a McHenry man of allegations he lied to a grand jury when he denied telling a former friend he knows what happened to a 17-year-old high school student who vanished nearly seven years ago and is believed murdered.
McHenry County Judge Sharon Prather ruled that testimony from the friend, who claimed Mario Casciaro told him how the teen died and where his body was dumped, was not enough to convict Casciaro of two perjury charges.
"(Case law) dictates that the testimony of a single witness is sufficient only if that testimony is confirmed or corroborated by other evidence," Prather said. "The state has failed to do so. (more...)
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