A 29-year-old man was sentenced to 100 years in prison Monday for the brutal 2019 murder of an elderly Wisconsin man in the hotel of Harrah's Casino in Joliet.
Following an eight-day trial in May, a jury found Robert A. Watson, of Joliet, guilty on all four counts of first degree murder in the stabbing death of 76-year-old Emanual Burgarino on March 24, 2019. The jury also found Watson to be mentally ill, but it does not affect his ultimate prison sentence.
During the trial, witness Glenn Hill testified that Watson had followed him into the elevator before exiting with him on the fifth floor of the hotel. Hill had an uncomfortable feeling about Watson, and rode back down when Watson departed the elevator, according to prosecutors.He then rode back up to the fifth floor and went to his room when he didn't see Watson.
Watson then ran down the hallway and into a stairwell before exiting through a security door on the first floor, which tripped a casino alarm. Responding officers found a trail of blood in the stairwell, and the following day, a bloody knife, articles of Watson's clothing, and bloody latex gloves were discovered in a bush near the Joliet Housing Authority in downtown Joliet.
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