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Article: Saltzman indicted for murder; Appellate court orders new trial for the stepson of former Will County treasurer
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- The Sun - Naperville (IL)
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- September 5, 2003
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JOLIET -- An appellate court this week ordered a new trial for the man convicted of attempted murder in connection with the beating of former Will County Treasurer Jack Weber.
But within a day of the appellate court ruling, the Will County state's attorney's office convinced a grand jury to hand down a three-count murder indictment alleging 23-year-old Brent Saltzman caused Weber's death, which occurred nearly two years after the brutal beating.
Saltzman is Weber's stepson. The defendant is accused of attacking Weber during a dispute at the treasurer's Shorewood home on Oct. 8, 2000. Weber suffered serious head injuries in the attack and died last September at age 65.
A coroner's jury in ...