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Nanci Koschman talks to reporters after the guilty plea. I agree with the outcome, she said. |
COMING SUNDAY
Mark Brown, Carol Marin and
what comes next in the case
over with and resolved, Webb told
reporters after Fridays hearing.
Koschmans mother didnt ask
for jail time, saying she didnt want
another mother to be without a son,
Webb said but he pushed for it.
Nanci Koschman was sitting in
court with her sister Sue Pazderski
and her lawyers Locke Bowman and
G. Flint Taylor when Vanecko walked
in with his three lawyers. It was the
first time shed seen Vanecko in person. She turned her back on him.
Vanecko, 39, who grew up in Chicago, now works as a millwright and
lives in Costa Mesa, Calif., south of
Los Angeles.
Webb told the judge Vanecko
forcibly struck Mr. Koschman in
the face during a drunken encounter on Division Street near Dearborn
Street early on April 25, 2004.
Koschman, 21, of Mount Prospect,
fell and hit his head on the pavement
after being punched. Hospitalized
for 11 days, he died without ever regaining consciousness.
Vanecko, then 29, ran from the
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Richard J. R.J. Vanecko leaves the Rolling Meadows Courthouse Friday afternoon. If I could undo what was done, I would, he said in court.
a special prosecutor to reopen the
investigation.
Webb took the case to a grand
jury, which indicted Vanecko, finding that the 6-foot-3, 230-pound
former college football player had
used physical force and, without
lawful justification, recklessly performed acts which were likely to
cause death or great bodily harm
to the 5-foot-5, 125-pound Koschman.
Webb also investigated the conduct of the police and the Cook
County states attorneys office in
the case a probe that ended last
fall with his announcement that
he would not be bringing charges
against anyone other than Vanecko.
Webb filed a report on his investigation at that point, but, at his request, it was ordered sealed until
after Vaneckos trial. Webb said he
will now ask that it be made public.
After Fridays hearing, he hugged
Nanci Koschman and her sister.
Vaneckos indictment had marked
a stunning swing in a case that current and former police officials and