Jury selection was completed before lunch today for the jury trial for the Granite City man charged with the death of Knox County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Nicholas Weist. One hundred residents from Henry County were pooled for this trial, and twelve jurors and two alternates were chosen and sworn in this morning. Opening statements will begin at 9 AM on Tuesday, February 27, 2024. Daylon Richardson is facing life in prison if convicted of the first-degree murder of Deputy Weist.
Deputy Weist was deploying stop sticks on Highway 150, south of Alpha on April 29, 2022, when a vehicle allegedly driven by Daylon Richardson lost control and struck and killed Deputy Weist.
