Ruling means man may be tried for killing
SPRINGFIELD – An appeals court has overturned a Champaign County judge's ruling that threw out a man's murder indictment because he wasn't brought to trial within 120 days.
The ruling by the 4th District Appellate Court in Springfield means that Ramone D. Roebuck, 30, may be tried for the July 1, 2003, murder of Helen Melchi. The 84-year-old woman was found dead in her home at 1301 N. Hickory St., C, by relatives. She had been beaten and strangled, bound and gagged.
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