Shadwick King Faces Up to 60 Years in Prison at Friday's Sentencing

Shadwick King, the Geneva man convicted of suffocating his wife and leaving her body along railroad tracks, faces the possibility of 20 to 60 years in prison at his sentencing Friday, according to a Chicago Tribune report.

»Via the Chicago Tribune

King, 47, was found guilty in March of first-degree murder of his wife, Kathleen, 32. Jurors deliberated for five hours before deciding King had killed his wife in July of 2014 in a jealous rage over her possible affair with another man. Kathleen King’s body was found on the Union Pacific Railway tracks south of Esping Park.

The Kings had been married for 12 years with three children, and when Shadwick King testified during his trial, he called Kathleen a “great mom, great wife, great friend.”

Patch’s Coverage of the Shadwick King Case

• • Authorities: Geneva Man Killed Wife, Dumped Body on Train Tracks
  • Geneva Man Enters Not Guilty Pleas in Murder Case
  • Trial Delayed for Geneva Man Accused of Killing Wife, Leaving Body on Railroad Tracks
  • Prosecution Seeks Cell Phone Records in Geneva Murder Case
  • Shadwick King Takes the Stand in Geneva Murder Trial
  • Jury Finds Shadwick King Guilty of Murder in Wife’s Death
  • Attorney for Shadwick King Wants New Trial

In April, King’s lawyer filed a motion to have his client’s verdict vacated, claiming the judge mishandled the trial. King’s sentencing also was moved from May 6 to July 31.

The murder was the first in Geneva since 1975.