Teen gets 45 years for dismembering classmate

[Janice]

ROCK ISLAND, Illinois (AP) -- A teenager accused of helping his ex-girlfriend kill and dismember a 16-year-old classmate last year was sentenced Monday to 45 years in prison.

Cory Gregory, 18, had pleaded guilty in April to murder and concealment of a homicide in the death of Adrianne Reynolds.

"All I really want to do is apologize. It's all I really can do," Gregory said. "If I could give my life to bring her back, I would."

Prosecutors agreed to the plea deal after consulting with Reynolds' family, who held vigil through a long trial and retrial in which Gregory's former girlfriend was convicted of murder.

Rock Island County State's Attorney Jeff Terronez has said Gregory led authorities to remains that might never have been found and agreed to meet with Reynolds' family and explain his role in the slaying.

Prosecutors say Gregory and Sarah Kolb, 18, killed Reynolds in Kolb's car at a fast-food restaurant on January 21, 2005, then took the body to Kolb's grandparents' farm and burned it.

The pair returned two days later with a third teen and sawed the body into pieces, dumping some remains on the farm and burying the rest in a state park, according to prosecutors.

Prosecutors said Kolb was angry because Reynolds, who had recently moved to the state, was taking her friends and had shown interest in Kolb's boyfriend and Gregory.

[TexasStooge]

[HurriCat]

Classy post there, Stooge. Anyways - FORTY FIVE YEARS? Are you kidding me? You can bet that this little demon will be out in less than twenty. Bwa-Ha-Haaa! Gotta love our "justice" system. Just ask the girl's parents.

[Yarrah]

Eh? He doesn't get any pshychological help or somehing like that? They lock him up and that's all?

[southerngale]

Why waste time and money locking him up even? Give him the death penalty. At least it shows more respect than the way they killed that poor girl.

[O Town]

Why waste time and money locking him up even? Give him the death penalty. At least it shows more respect than the way they killed that poor girl.

Yes, I tend to agree here. I can't believe thats all he got!!!!! He was tried at 18 so he was an adult and should have gotten the death penalty or life no way around it. He brutaly murdered someone, 45 years is just a slap on the wrist.

[GalvestonDuck]

Yeah, let's just kill 'em all!! To heck with finding out what motivates them. Why ask why? Keep funeral homes and investigators in business by letting the new killers-to-be go on their rampages as well.

[Yarrah]

Why not try to give him psychiatric help? Maybe he will be able to return to the society as a normal person.

[southerngale]

Yeah, let's just kill 'em all!! To heck with finding out what motivates them. Why ask why? Keep funeral homes and investigators in business by letting the new killers-to-be go on their rampages as well.

We know why. The girl took some of her friends and showed interest in one of the killer's boyfriend.

Why not try to give him psychiatric help? Maybe he will be able to return to the society as a normal person.

He doesn't deserve to return to society as a normal person. He brutally murdered an innocent girl. Can you imagine what her family has gone through? And then if they saw that he got some psychiatric help, so he's fine. Let him on the streets for a 2nd chance. Where's her 2nd chance?

Sorry, I just disagree.

[Janice]

We have better things to spend our tax money on. Like the elderly who cannot afford prescription drugs. The elderly who have given to our country.

Why worry about these killers? What about the victims. They chose to live this way, let them fry.

If all these killer teens are big enough to play the game, they need to pay for it big time.

[Derek Ortt]

was he 18 when the crime was comitted?

The supreme court rules that if a crime is committed before age 18, he/she is not elegible for death

Also, the story indicated that the family agreed to the plea deal, so I am a bit surprised to see the outrage (even though, I'd like him in for life, in a concentration camp setting to make it a punishment, not a 45 year free cable retreat)

[george_r_1961]

Why not try to give him psychiatric help? Maybe he will be able to return to the society as a normal person.

I got a better idea. Let give scum like this the death penalty so they cannot ever harm anyone again. We need to protect the innocent instead of trying to "help" or "treat" human garbage like this; the only way to do that is to remove them from society permanently by depriving them of their life.

[gtalum]

45 years is not "a slap on the wrist". Have any of you ever been inside of a maximum security penitentiary? This kid will die in prison.

[yoda]

Why not try to give him psychiatric help? Maybe he will be able to return to the society as a normal person.

I got a better idea. Let give scum like this the death penalty so they cannot ever harm anyone again. We need to protect the innocent instead of trying to "help" or "treat" human garbage like this; the only way to do that is to remove them from society permanently by depriving them of their life.

I politely disagree. There must be a few people who can be given help. I agree that people should get fair retribution, but as Ghandi said, "An eye for an eye makes us all blind."

[Janice]

Well, he should die for killing that girl. And I hope everyone in prison knows what he did.

[george_r_1961]

Why not try to give him psychiatric help? Maybe he will be able to return to the society as a normal person.

I got a better idea. Let give scum like this the death penalty so they cannot ever harm anyone again. We need to protect the innocent instead of trying to "help" or "treat" human garbage like this; the only way to do that is to remove them from society permanently by depriving them of their life.

I politely disagree. There must be a few people who can be given help. I agree that people should get fair retribution, but as Ghandi said, "An eye for an eye makes us all blind."

Sure there are. You can help drug addicts and alcoholics that want help and provide job training to non violent offenders. The rest of em u can lock em up and throw away the key.

[rainstorm]

Why not try to give him psychiatric help? Maybe he will be able to return to the society as a normal person.

maybe when this rat filth returns to society he can live next to you

[rainstorm]

Prosecutors said Kolb was angry because Reynolds, who had recently moved to the state, was taking her friends and had shown interest in Kolb's boyfriend and Gregory.


with that motive for butchering another girl, i feel the death penalty is warranted for her

[rainstorm]

Yeah, let's just kill 'em all!! To heck with finding out what motivates them. Why ask why? Keep funeral homes and investigators in business by letting the new killers-to-be go on their rampages as well.

i feel the girl here should get death. she instigated the crime. jealousy motivated her. execute her

[george_r_1961]

Yeah, let's just kill 'em all!! To heck with finding out what motivates them. Why ask why? Keep funeral homes and investigators in business by letting the new killers-to-be go on their rampages as well.

i feel the girl here should get death. she instigated the crime. jealousy motivated her. execute her

In most homicides the motive is evident. I am against spending tax dollars to try to pry inside the mind of someone who has no respect for human life.