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By The Associated Press | Wednesday, July 09, 2008 |

Nicholas Sheley, 28, is slated to appear before a Knox County judge early this afternoon in Galesburg, Ill., where he’s being held on charges that accuse him of killing 65-year-old Ronald Randall. (CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)

GALESBURG, Ill.  — A Sterling, Ill., man charged in two murders and named as a suspect in six others is heading back to court.

Nicholas Sheley  is slated to appear before a Knox County judge early this afternoon in Galesburg, where he’s being held on charges that accuse him of killing 65-year-old Ronald Randall.

Sheley also is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 93-year-old Russell Reed of Sterling.

In addition, authorities have named Sheley a suspect — although he hasn’t been charged — in the deaths of four people in a Rock Falls apartment and a married couple in Festus, Mo..

Sheley is being held in the Knox County Jail in lieu of $1 million bond for the Randall murder.

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