Jury Finds Boshears Guilty of Murdering Girlfriend, Concealing Body

Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow announced a jury found Jeremy Boshears, 36, of Coal City, guilty of first-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend Kaitlyn “Katie” Kearns in 2017. Boshears also was found guilty of concealing a homicidal death, a Class 3 felony. The jury began deliberating Friday and reached its verdict Monday, May 2, following a trial before Judge David Carlson that began April 20.

Boshears, a member of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, killed 24-year-old Kearns by shooting her in the head on November 13, 2017. Kearns’ body was discovered in the back of the 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee she had been driving, in a pole barn on private property in Kankakee Township, about 50 miles from Joliet. Her father had reported her missing after she did not return from her job tending bar in Joliet the previous day.

Boshears is eligible for a sentence of 45 years to life in prison. The next hearing date is May 23. A sentencing date has not yet been set.