Defense Attorneys Given Thousands of Pages of Evidence in Keller Murder

The DeKalb County state's attorney's office this week presented nearly 4,000 pages of evidence to the attorney representing the man accused of killing Antinette "Toni" Keller.

Items given to public defender Regina Harris include police reports, grand jury transcripts, investigative notes and reports, and toxicology, anthropology and DNA reports, according to a story published by the DeKalb Daily-Chronicle.

They also turned over interviews with various witnesses, including William Curl, who has been charged with five counts of first-degree murder and single counts of criminal sexual assult, arson and concealing a homicidal death, the story said.

Keller, an 18-year-old Plainfield resident attending Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, was last seen alive on Oct. 14, 2010. Her burned remains were discovered in a park near the university campus two days later, and Curl arrested in late October.

State's Attorney Clay Campbell said that while the amount of documents was substantial, it's "nowhere near the extent of the material we will disclose." Because the investigation is ongoing, he would not disclose what other items might be relased later, the story said.

Curl's next court date is June 21. He's being held in the DeKalb County Jail in lieu of $5 million bail.

Because Keller's body was badly burned, forensic analysts were unable to positively identify her through DNA until January. Most of her remains have been released to her family, but a portion has been retained for evidential purposes.