Murder Trial Delayed, Again
Three years after the death of 18-year-old Felix Jimenez, family and friends still wait for the trial of his accused killer, Derek Grib.
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Another year has passed since Felix Jimenez's death, and his family and friends still long for closure.
They will have to wait until October or later for the trial of Derek Grib, the man accused of killing 18-year-old Jimenez in July 2009. Judge Frank Zelezinski ruled — again — Aug. 21 that the trial date will be set at a status hearing scheduled for Sept. 25.
Prosecutor Rob Holland said he "truly believes" the trial will take place in October, said Jimenez's mother, Teresa Rivera.
Grib is accused of fatally stabbing Jimenez, an Oak Forest High School graduate who had military aspirations, at a party in Oak Forest on July 12, 2009. Jimenez died shortly after midnight the next day.
The trial has been delayed multiple times, due to a backlog of murder trials in the Cook County courts system, Holland said. The Markham District Courthouse is "drowning in murders," dating as far back as 2007 and 2008, he said.
Grib has waived his right to a jury trial. Judge Zelezinski will deliver the final verdict.
NANCY GRACE
6:57 am on Thursday, August 23, 2012
Trials take way too long here in Crook County, just ask Ivent.
Mike F.
8:43 pm on Thursday, August 23, 2012
The Illuminati don't want their agent, Derek Grib, to be BROUGHT TO JUSTICE!
Bob Laird
7:36 am on Thursday, August 23, 2012
Anybody watch the news this morning? They're excited that the 9/11 terrorists are about to go on trial. Marvelous justice system.
Dutch Oven Chef
8:51 am on Thursday, August 23, 2012
Scheduled to happen in October........ until Derek decides he would rather have a jury trial and the clock starts over.....again!!!
Baba Wawa
7:47 pm on Thursday, August 23, 2012
No, the clock wouldn't start over if he wanted a jury trial. How do you think it would? He already signed a jury waiver. Even if he did withdraw the jury waiver, it'd get set down for a jury trial instead of a bench trial. And yes, there *may* be a further delay to find a jury trial date because you'd need consecutive days to do a jury trial.