Day: June 24, 2025

By Nick Vlahos GALESBURG – On the witness stand Monday, Karen Doubet implicated her goddaughter in the death of former Maquon Police Chief Richard Young. The long-anticipated trial of Marcy Oglesby began in Knox County Circuit Court almost 33 months after she was arrested, in October 2022, when Young’s decomposing body was found in a Maquon storage unit. Oglesby is accused of poisoning Young’s food and drink over time, then hiding Young’s body. Young’s autopsy revealed possible lethal levels of a drug found in over-the-counter eye drops. Oglesby and Doubet, who resided together with Young, were charged with first-degree murder….