Cessna, the lead special agent on a case that has been touched by many detectives, estimates she's talked to more than 300 people since the friends were found in Mr. Prasse's rural Chrisman home on Jan. 28, 2008, the apparent targets of one or more killers...
"These were two good, hard-working guys. They don't fall into the normal patterns that someone targeted with a violent crime would," said Rizzs, adding that police haven't uncovered anything sinister from the pair's past that might have made them targets...
Seven months before his death, Riddell had been one of several victims in one of the worst crime sprees in Douglas County history. He and two other people were robbed at gunpoint at his home by two men who then stole two vehicles from his property and shot Douglas County Chief Deputy Tommy "T.K." Martin as they blazed away from Villa Grove, ending up at a bank in Arcola, where they took hostages. The two men were caught that same day.
"This office worked both of those cases. We've found nothing that connects them other than coincidence," Atkinson said.
