Images from the Brian Dugan trial
Brian J. Dugan is transported from the DuPage County courthouse in Wheaton on Jan. 18, 2006, back to a state prison after he made his first court appearance since his November 2005 indictment for the 1983 murder of 10-year-old Jeanine Nicarico of Naperville.
Marcelle Bright | Staff Photographer
Anti-death penalty protesters rally Jan. 18, 2006, outside the DuPage County courthouse.
Bev Horne | Staff Photographer
Rolando Cruz, who was once on death row for the murder of Jeanine Nicarico, makes an appearance at the DuPage County Courthouse in Wheaton for the sentencing hearing of Brian Dugan, who was convicted of killing the Nicarico girl in 1983.
Bev Horne | Staff Photographer
Defense attorneys Steven Greenberg, left, and Matthew McQuaid leave the DuPage County courthouse during the first week of Brian Dugan's sentencing hearing in DuPage County.
Bev Horne | Staff Photographer
Page 2 of Robert Kilander's notes.
Anti-death penalty protesters rally Jan. 18, 2006, outside the DuPage County courthouse.
Bev Horne | Staff Photographer
Prosecutor Michael A. Wolfe, pointing at Brian Dugan, speaks to jury in his opening statement.
Artist Sketch by L.D. Chukman
The first of three pages of notes taken by Robert Kilander, then a DuPage County prosecutor, on Nov. 13, 1985 during an interview with Brian J. Dugan regarding the murder of Jeanine Nicarico.
DuPage State's Attorney Joseph Birkett announcing the Nov. 29, 2005 indictment of Brian J. Dugan for the 1983 Jeanine Nicarico murder. His criminal chief, Michael A. Wolfe, also is pictured.
Paul Michna | Staff Photographer
DuPage Circuit Judge George Bakalis at a January 2006 mock trial event in Naperville.
Tanit Jarusan | Staff Photographer
Brian J. Dugan pleads guilty in July 2009 to the Jeanine Nicarico murder.
Artist sketch by L.D. Chukman
Tom and Pat Nicarico leaving the courthouse during the first week of Brian Dugan's death penalty sentencing hearing for the murder of their daughter, Jeanine, 10, killed Feb. 25, 1983, in Naperville.
Bev Horne | Staff Photographer
Rolando Cruz, who was once on death row for the murder of Jeanine Nicarico, makes an appearance at the DuPage County Courthouse in Wheaton for the sentencing hearing of Brian Dugan, who was convicted of killing the Nicarico girl in 1983.
Bev Horne | Staff Photographer
Kathy Nicarico leaving the DuPage County courthouse during the first week of Brian Dugan's death penalty sentencing hearing for the murder of her younger sister, Jeanine, 10, killed Feb. 25, 1983, in Naperville.
Tanit Jarusan | Staff Photographer
Edward Cisowski, left, a retired Illinois State Police investigator who interviewed Brian Dugan several times in the mid-1980s. He is expected to be an important prosecution witness.
Bev Horne | Staff Photographer
Page 3 of Robert Kilander's notes.
Drawing made by Brian J. Dugan during a Nov. 16, 1985 interview at the LaSalle County Jail in Ottawa to indicate his movements while on the Prairie Path Feb. 25, 1983 on the day he said he killed Jeanine Nicarico, 10.
Robert A. Thorud, pictured in 2004, a mental health expert who interviewed Brian J. Dugan.
Tom McCulloch is surrounded by media as he leaves the courthouse after Brian J. Dugan had his first court appearance Jan. 18, 2006, at the Dupage County courthouse in Wheaton since being indicted for the Jeanine Nicarico murder. McCulloch is Dugan's former attorney.
Bev Horne | Staff Photographer