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| Questions persist in year-old Beardstown hoimicide |
| By myjournalcourier.com - MARIA NAGLE |
| Published: 12/05/2011 |
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Last year on Thanksgiving Day Troy Logsdon’s family and friends were reeling from the discovery early that morning of his lifeless body on a Beardstown street. On the one-year anniversary of his mysterious death they were hoping to have answers about how he died, for which they could give thanks. The investigation, however, appears to be at a dead-end and grown cold. “As far as I know, there’s nothing new,” Troy’s brother, Todd Logsdon, said Thursday. “I’m just hoping for some answers sometime. I’m always hopeful, but you never know if anything is ever going to happen.” Former Beardstown Police Chief Steve Patterson said it has been tough not knowing what happened to his friend of more than 20 years. “You want it solved.” Patterson said. “There’s a lot of unanswered questions in my heart and my head.” The 48-year-old Beardstown businessman was last seen alive at Annie’s Sazarac, a Beardstown bar, about 11:45 p.m. on Nov. 24, 2010. Forty minutes later a passer-by came upon Troy Logsdon lying on Arenz Street about 12 blocks away from the bar. He was already dead when a Beardstown Police officer arrived within minutes and tried to administer CPR. Cass County Death Examiner Wyatt Sager and Beardstown Police Chief Tom Schlueter decided to call in Illinois State Police to help with the investigation after observing what Sager said were circumstances indicating the body might have been placed there. An autopsy the next day determined the cause of death was from blunt force trauma to the head. A coroner’s jury determined his death was a homicide. Sager testified at the Dec. 23 inquest that Troy Logsdon’s body was lying half on the street and half in a ditch and it did not look like he landed that way as a result of a natural fall or from being hit by a vehicle. Instead, it appeared Troy Logsdon, his longtime friend, had been placed in that position, Sager said. A chalky, white gravel substance was on Troy Logsdon’s pants legs. No gravel was at the scene where he was found, but it was consistent with that in the parking lot of Annie’s. While testifying at the inquest neither Schlueter nor Illinois State Police special agent Mike Jennings would speculate if the incident happened there. Sager testified that injuries to Troy Logsdon’s head and face were consistent with those someone might receive in an altercation. Troy Logsdon was being treated for an aneurysm, so he already had a weakened blood vessel. Based on the swelling he saw, Sager is convinced Troy Logsdon was alive when he suffered the injuries. Read More. |
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