Sabrina Payne
DOB: February 4, 1967
Detective Sgt. Jeff Lower-Tazewell County Sheriff's Department
On July 27, 2003, he was called to a cornfield south of Augustin Road at Mud Creek Bridge, Tremont Township in Tazewell County on the report of a body being found. He responded to the scene and located the body of a black female, later identified as Sabrina Payne. His investigation found that Ms. Payne was last seen alive at her residence on July 25, 2003, at approximately 4:00pm.
Dr. Travis Hindman, M.D.-Pathologist
On July 28, 2003, he performed the autopsy on Sabrina Payne. He would testify that in his medical opinion the immediate cause of death could not be determined with certainty.
Detective Dave Hoyle-Peoria County Sheriff's Department
Detective Cy Taylor-Tazewell County Sheriff's Department
On January 26, 2005, they came into contact with the defendant at the Tazewell County Jail in order to serve him with a search warrant for the yard and residence located at 3418 Starr Court in Peoria, Illinois. The defendant stated that the search would not be necessary and that he would tell police everything. He was Mirandized, waived his rights, and told the officers that he did it; that he killed eight girls, that he had strangled all eight girls, and that it started with the girl that was found in the cornfield by Tremont. (Sabrina Payne)
The defendant stated that he picked her up on the south end of Peoria and took her back to where he then lived on McClure Street in Peoria. The defendant explained that he believed that she was ripping him off and he lost control and the next thing he knew she was dead. He placed her body into the front seat of his Blazer and drove to the cornfield. Once there he dragged her out into the field by her feet and threw some of her clothes into the creek. The defendant eventually directed the detectives to the location where he had left Ms. Payne's body, which was the same location where Ms. Payne's body had been found in July 2003 by Det. Lower.
Sabrina Payne was 36 years old.
