An investigator hired by the defense team for Marni Yang, who is serving two life sentences for the 2007 slaying of the pregnant girlfriend of former Chicago Bear Shaun Gayle, said Wednesday he was looking into Gayle’s alibi.
Yang, 52, was convicted of first-degree murder in 2011 for killing Rhoni Reuter and her unborn child in Deerfield on Oct. 4, 2007. Yang’s attorneys are seeking a new trial.
”He (Gayle) dated Rhoni for 16 years, we’re questioning his alibi, the timeline just does not add up,” Steve LaPino, a senior investigator with MSI Detective Services, told the media Wednesday morning.
An email for comment sent to Donna Rotunno, an attorney who represented Gayle, was not immediately returned.
LaPino’s comments followed a brief court hearing wherein Yang’s defense attorney Jed Stone and Assistant State’s Attorney Jason Humke traded motions requesting access to evidence.
