[blaze915]

The attached PDF includes more.

THIRD DIVISION
June 30, 2003


No. 1-01-2942

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, )
) Appeal from the
Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Circuit Court of
) Cook County.
v. )
)
PATRICK SYKES, )
) Honorable
Defendant-Appellant, ) Joseph J. Urso,
) Judge Presiding.


PRESIDING JUSTICE SOUTH delivered the opinion of the court:
This appeal arises from defendant's convictions of four counts of predatory criminal sexual assault, attempted first degree murder and aggravated kidnaping for his alleged assault on Girl X after a jury trial. He was sentenced to a total of 120 years' imprisonment: 60-year terms on two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault with concurrent 60-year terms for the other two counts, concurrent to a 30-year term for attempted murder.
On the morning of January 9, 1997, as she walked from a friend's apartment on the second floor to her grandmother's apartment on the sixth floor of the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago, a little girl who would become known as "Girl X" was raped, strangled, had gang signs scrawled on her body, roach spray was sprayed down her throat, and she was left unconscious in a stairwell. At 10:25 a.m., Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) maintenance worker Tarie Miller found Girl X lying facedown with a rag partially around her neck and face on the landing of the seventh-floor stairwell. Miller went to apartments 709 and 710 to see if anyone could identify the little girl. Sharon Thompson and Mary Johnson responded and recognized the girl. They took Girl X to Johnson's apartment and laid her on the couch. At that time Girl X was unresponsive and foaming at the mouth, and her eyes were rolled back into her head. Her pants were unfastened, her underclothes were down around her ankles, her T-shirt was tied around her neck, and there was blood on her shirt. Girl X was not wearing any shoes, and there were what appeared to be gang signs written on her stomach in blue or black marker. Miller, Thompson and Johnson immediately called 911.

Paramedics responded within minutes to the call and were taken to apartment 710 by Miller. When they arrived there they saw Girl X lying on the couch, breathing erratically and foaming at the mouth. She was unresponsive, cold and rigid. They also saw red marks on her neck. At that time she was transported to Children's Memorial Hospital.

[denethorgul]

Could have just posted the link ya know

[Superdude4411]

We could make 3 seperate movies with the novel you just wrote. That was so long.

[Eavol]

That's so fucked up. As was the length of that story, but your commitment to it is respectable.

[vagabond]

Why don't they give the POS's name?

[ChristySD]

I, for one, appreciate the full post Blaze. I like this format better than a link.

I have never heard of this one. It was at the time when I was getting ready to graduate high school that May and start college. Looooooonnnnngggggggg time ago for me!!!!

[Rammtallica]

I scrolled so fast

[FaderTakhalous]

Originally Posted by vagabond ↗

Why don't they give the POS's name?

They do, right at the top: Patrick Sykes.

[vagabond]

Originally Posted by FaderTakhalous ↗

They do, right at the top: Patrick Sykes.

Oh, duh!

[ZombieGreco]

Her name is Shatoya Currie, and she was 9 at the time of the attack. Here she is with Jennifer Hudson. Jennifer was at the police station giving police information about her brother-in-law and saw a photo of Shatoya on the officer's desk, so she asked if she could have her come to one of her concerts.

Cabrini-Green has been demolished. It was the location for the filming of Candy Man, I believe.