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Traci Steele
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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20007452-504083.html
JOLIET, Ill. (CBS/WBBM) The road to justice for the family of Riley Fox
has been long and difficult, but perhaps the family can begin to find
closure, as police have now charged a convicted sex offender with
Riley's rape and murder.
The charges allege that Scott Eby, a sex offender with a long rap sheet,
abducted Riley Fox from her home on June 6, 2004, sexually assaulted
her, bound her in duct tape, and then drowned her in a creek.
At first, prosecutors suspected the little girl's father, Kevin Fox, who
first reported Riley missing from their home in Wilmington.
Five months later Kevin Fox was charged and convicted after prosecutors
claimed he confessed to the drowning death of his daughter in a lengthy
interrogation.
Kevin Fox spent eight months in jail before the FBI discovered that the
DNA found on Riley's body did not match her father, but rather linked
38-year-old Eby to the crime. He was recently awarded $8.9 million in a
civil suit for wrongful imprisonment and malicious prosecution.
Scott Eby (Illinois Dept. of Corrections)
"This case is a case that has torn at the very fabric of Will County,"
State Attorney James Glasgow told CBS affiliate WBBM.
Eby, who was on parole when this crime was committed, is currently
serving a 14-year prison sentence for raping his sister in 2005.
Over six years ago, Riley was reported missing from the Fox's Illinois
home. Volunteers scoured the area hoping that the little girl had just
wandered off. Unfortunately, that was not the case. Hikers found Riley's
body in a creek four miles away.
JOLIET, Ill. (CBS/WBBM) The road to justice for the family of Riley Fox
has been long and difficult, but perhaps the family can begin to find
closure, as police have now charged a convicted sex offender with
Riley's rape and murder.
The charges allege that Scott Eby, a sex offender with a long rap sheet,
abducted Riley Fox from her home on June 6, 2004, sexually assaulted
her, bound her in duct tape, and then drowned her in a creek.
At first, prosecutors suspected the little girl's father, Kevin Fox, who
first reported Riley missing from their home in Wilmington.
Five months later Kevin Fox was charged and convicted after prosecutors
claimed he confessed to the drowning death of his daughter in a lengthy
interrogation.
Kevin Fox spent eight months in jail before the FBI discovered that the
DNA found on Riley's body did not match her father, but rather linked
38-year-old Eby to the crime. He was recently awarded $8.9 million in a
civil suit for wrongful imprisonment and malicious prosecution.
Scott Eby (Illinois Dept. of Corrections)
"This case is a case that has torn at the very fabric of Will County,"
State Attorney James Glasgow told CBS affiliate WBBM.
Eby, who was on parole when this crime was committed, is currently
serving a 14-year prison sentence for raping his sister in 2005.
Over six years ago, Riley was reported missing from the Fox's Illinois
home. Volunteers scoured the area hoping that the little girl had just
wandered off. Unfortunately, that was not the case. Hikers found Riley's
body in a creek four miles away.