Necrophilia Suspect's 2022 Crime Put Him On Probation

JOLIET, IL — During last week's bail hearing for Joliet first-degree murder defendant Timothy Thurmond, who is suspected by Will County prosecutors of engaging in necrophilia with the slain body of stabbing victim Cynthia Pinnick, the judge also learned that Thurmond was on probation for a 2022 crime of violence.

After hearing the evidence, Will County Judge Donald DeWilkins set bail at $5 million for Thurmond, who is accused of stabbing Pinnick 14 times with two different knives that he retrieved from inside her apartment in the three-story brick apartment building in the 200 block of Hunter Avenue.

Pinnick's body was found about a week after her death by family members. Will County prosecutors said they plan to pursue criminal sexual assault of a corpse charges against Thurmond once the final autopsy results are known.

Joliet Patch has obtained the court records surrounding Thurmond's felony arrest from one year ago, in August 2022. In that case, Joliet police arrested him on charges of aggravated battery, unlawful restraint, three counts of domestic battery and one count of aggravated assault.

In that crime, Thurmond's victim was a different woman than the one who was fatally stabbed at the Hunter Avenue apartment building.

According to the 2022 criminal complaint, on Aug. 7, 2022, Thurmond knowingly held a knife to the neck of the woman and threatened to kill her. The domestic battery charges reflect that Thurmond pulled the woman's hair and grabbed her around the neck.

Thurmond also detained her while using his deadly weapon, the knife, the court documents show. The aggravated battery charge noted that Thurmond "used a deadly weapon, a knife, in that said defendant cut (the woman) about the body."

One of the domestic battery charges indicated that Thurmond "is hereby placed on notice that it is the intent of the people of the state of Illinois to seek an enhanced Class 4 sentence based upon the defendant's prior conviction for domestic battery in Will County" from 2005.

After his arrest, Thurmond's bail was set at $50,000, and he was ordered by a Will County judge to have no further contact with his victim or her residence.

By Sept. 30, 2022, Thurmond worked out a plea bargain with Will County's prosecutors to bring his criminal case to a close. The plea went before Judge Derek Ewanic, who sentenced Thurmond to two years of probation and assessed $1,629 in court costs and probation fees. Thurmond pleaded guilty to the crimes of domestic battery and aggravated unlawful restraint.

The judge ordered him to serve 55 days in the Will County Jail, giving him credit for the 55 days of incarceration that Thurmond already served.

Thurmond was also ordered to complete a qualified domestic violence program and have no contact with his victim. "Defendant shall complete a drug and alcohol evaluation and comply with the recommended treatment," the Joliet man's probation order from Sept. 30 stated.

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