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Dec 27, 2006 10:13 pm US/Central

Man Indicted On 7 Counts In Burger King Slaying

James Ealy Indicted On Murder Charges

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WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) ― A grand jury Wednesday indicted a man accused of strangling a manager at a suburban Chicago Burger King restaurant on seven counts of first-degree murder.

James Ealy is charged in the slaying of Mary Hutchison, of Trevor, Wisconsin. Hutchison's body was found on November 27th near an empty safe inside the Lindenhurst restaurant. She was strangled and stabbed.

Authorities have said Ealy once worked with Hutchison and lived in a nearby Lake Villa apartment complex.

Hutchison's family has filed a lawsuit alleging that Burger King and the local restaurant's operator were negligent in hiring Ealy, who had served prison time for rape, unlawful restraint and gun possession.

Ealy is being held without bail at the Lake County Jail. He is scheduled to be arraigned on January 4.

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