Shadwick King Sentenced to 30 Years for Murdering Wife

Shadwick King, the Geneva man convicted of suffocating his wife and leaving her body along railroad tracks, was sentenced to 30 years in prison Friday, according to a Chicago Tribune report.

»Via the Chicago Tribune

During his sentencing, King, 47, continued to deny he murdered his wife, Kathleen, 32, in July of 2014, the report stated.

“The simple, honest truth: I did not kill my wife. To the last day of my life, I did not do it.”

King was found guilty in March of first-degree murder after jurors deliberated for five hours. Prosecutors claimed King had killed his wife in a jealous rage over her possible affair with another man. Kathleen King’s body was found July 6 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

• 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.