It took a Cook County jury just an hour Wednesday to find Daniel Escobedo
guilty of the 1983 murder of a Korean shopkeeper at the International
Amphitheater. Escobedo, 65, had no visible reaction as the verdict was
read in the courtroom of Judge Lon Schultz. He faces a sentence of up
to natural life in prison when he is sentenced May 28 for the murder
of Kibwa Kim (SP).
During the three-day trial, Escobedo's nephew testified that his uncle
brought him into the plan to kill Kim, a fur and leather dealer, and
then threatened him to keep quiet. Kim allegedly was killed with a club
and an ice pick.
Escobedo allegedly fled to Mexico after his nephew, Mitsuru Morales,
was arrested in 1999. Escobedo had a murder conviction overturned by
the Supreme Court in a landmark 1964 ruling requiring police to let
suspects speak to an attorney before making a statement.
Chicago Tribune - May 1, 2003
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