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Letter contradicts Shane Lamb’s recantation Sworn affidavit claims past statements were concocted by prosecution to implicate Casciaro By CHELSEA McDOUGALL
"I am truly sorry for what happened to Brian [Carrick]. If I could go back and change things I would but I can't. I was an 18-year-old kid who punched someone. I never in a million years thought it would turn out like it did, or I would never have been part of something like that. I am not a cold-blooded killer or a monster. I think about Brian every day and it will be like that until I die."
cmcdougall@shawmedia.com WOODSTOCK – In a handwritten letter from inside the McHenry County Jail, Shane Lamb admitted to his role in the disappearance of 17-yearold Brian Carrick. The letter was sent to the Northwest Herald on Aug. 8. “I am truly sorry for what happened to Brian,” Lamb wrote. “If I could go back and change things I would but I can’t. I was an 18-year-old kid
Shane Lamb, in a letter sent to the Northwest Herald on Aug. 8 who punched someone. I never in a million years thought it would turn out like it did, or I would never have been part of something like that. I am not a cold-blooded killer or a mon-
ster. I think about Brian every day and it will be like that until I die.” About a month later, Lamb signed a sworn affidavit saying that was all a lie. A fabrication
concocted by the prosecution to implicate Mario Casciaro for Carrick’s murder. Over the years Lamb has told at least two versions of what went down on Dec. 20,
2002, the night Carrick vanished. For years, Lamb said he had nothing to do with Carrick’s disappearance. Lamb told that to police. He told that
to FBI agents. He told that to a grand jury. Then in 2010, Lamb was faced with drug charges, and prosecutors offered him a deal: A reduced sentence on the drug case and complete immunity from murder charges. It was then that Lamb’s account changed. This time, Lamb said Mario Casciaro sent him to “talk to” Carrick about a drug debt. Lamb said he lost his temper
See LAMB, page A8
Obama lays claim to gains in economy
ANIMALS ABANDONED IN INADEQUATE CONDITIONS
President blames GOP for blocking recovery efforts By NEDRA PICKLER and JIM KUHNHENN The Associated Press
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A group of quarter horses huddle together Wednesday in Hampshire. They are among the 75 abandoned quarter horses that were left in inadequate living conditions for the past two years in Hampshire. The horses’ owner, once a leader in breeding American quarter horses, fell on difficult times after the death of two family members and the loss of her family farm in Harvard. All horses are available for adoption through Hooved Animal Rescue and Protection Society and Hands and Hooves Rescue.
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Rescue organizations have less than a month to get them off leased property By ALLISON GOODRICH agoodrich@shawmedia.com HAMPSHIRE – There are 75 abandoned horses in Hampshire in desperate need of good homes, and time is of the essence, according to a local animal rescue organization. Barrington-based Hooved Animal Rescue and Protection Society has
teamed up with Hands and Hooves of Chicago to find homes for the 75 American quarter horses in just a few weeks. The horses have been living in inadequate conditions for the past two years, society president Donna Ewing said. “We have less than a month to get 75 of these horses off the leased property
See ABANDONED, page A8
EVANSTON – President Barack Obama acknowledged his pivotal role in the midterm political campaign Thursday, arguing that the November congressional elections are a referendum on his economic policies and blaming Republicans for blocking his efforts to boost wages President and create more Barack Obama jobs. In a speech at Northwestern More University that inside marked a shift in attention Obama from foreign stumps for entanglements Quinn in to domestic con- governor’s cerns, Obama race during laid claim to an Chicago visit. economic recovPAGE B3. ery that he said has made steady progress, yet he conceded that many families have not benefited from lower unemployment, beefed-up corporate profits and a pumpedup stock market. Obama offered a lengthy defense of his policies, from bailing out the auto industry to his health care law, and he renewed his call for a higher minimum wage and equal pay
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