Allan Kustok Sentenced To 60 Years For Murdering Wife
A judge on Wednesday sentenced an Orland Park businessman to 60 years for the murder of his wife in their home four years ago.
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A judge on Wednesday sentenced an Orland Park businessman to 60 years for the murder of his wife in their home four years ago.
Allan Kustok, 63, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of his wife Anita "Jeanie" Kustok on Sept. 29, 2010. Prosecutors have said Kustok shot his wife as she laid in bed, but the defense claims she killed herself.
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The prosecution rested in the murder trial of Orland Park busienssman Allan Kustok Thursday afternoon, but the defense did not, as expected, immediately call the alleged killer's daughter — former Comcast Sports Network broadcaster Sarah Kustok.
The star prosecution witness in the Allan Kustok murder trial testified Tuesday that a close-range gunshot was the likely source of blood spatter found on the front side of Kustok's clothes on the morning his wife died.
In court proceedings over the past week, Allan Kustok's defense attorneys have taken pains to portray Jeanie Kustok as a paranoid wreck who was terrified that someone would invade the couple's alarm-protected Orland Park home.
While Orland Park detectives peppered Allan Kustok with questions about the shooting death of his wife, several text messages from a potential paramour were sent to his cellphone, requesting an extramarital rendezvous
Allan Kustok lived an apparent double life, maintaining the outward façade of a suburban family man, while carousing and womanizing on the sly, prosecutors said.
While Allan Kustok's attorneys insisted Friday that his wife wanted a gun for protection at their southwest suburban Orland Park home, Anita "Jeanie" Kustok's younger brother testified that he and his sister spoke weekly and she never mentioned having a gun, the SouthtownStar reports.
Opening statements scheduled for Thursday morning in Allan Kustok's murder trial have been postponed until Friday after defense attorney Rick Beuke slipped on ice outside the courthouse
A crime scene reconstructionist cast doubt Wednesday on Allan Kustok's explanation of how his wife died, saying it was unlikely that Anita "Jeanie" Kustok could have shot herself with a revolver that her husband gave her for their 34th wedding anniversary.
Prosecutors say Allan Kustok killed his wife with a powerful .357-caliber revolver that he gave her several weeks earlier for their 34th anniversary.
As the murder trial of Allan Kustok gets underway Tuesday with jury selection, one fact is not in dispute: A revolver he gave his wife several weeks earlier for their 34th anniversary was used to kill her.
Allan Kustok is accused of shooting his wife in the head as she slept on the morning of Sept. 29, 2010, in their bedroom at their Orland Park house.
With a week to go before Allan Kustok goes on trial for allegedly murdering his wife, one of his lawyers indicated Monday that he may need more time to review evidence in the case.
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A month has passed since Jeanie Kustok was found shot to death in her home.
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They seemed like an ideal suburban family, but now, Allan Kustok, the father a former Northwestern Wildcats quarterback and a TV sports reporter, is being held on $2 million bond, charged with the murder of his wife of more than three decades.
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