Just one day before a man once part of the sadistic Ripper Crew in Chicago's suburbs was set to be paroled, his release was delayed because the convicted killer hadn't yet found an approved place to live, the Chicago Tribune reported.
Thomas Kokoraleis was scheduled to be paroled Sept. 29 after serving half of his 70-year sentence, the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s office confirmed.
The 57-year-old was convicted in the abduction, rape and stabbing of Lorry Ann Borowski, of Elmhurst. The 21-year-old was reportedly kidnapped in 1982 outside the real estate office where she worked. She left behind her shoes, keys, purse and other belongings outside the front of the office.
She was found dead five months later in a Clarendon Hills cemetery.
Borowski's mother Lorraine said her daughter was abducted, tortured, mutilated and killed by the Chicago Ripper Crew.
Members of the Chicago Ripper Crew, described as a satanic cult by the Borowski's family attorney, Gloria Allred, are believed to have killed more than a dozen other women in the 1980s.
"Please God I don't want anyone to suffer like my daughter did and all the other girls," Lorraine said last month at the graveyard where her daughter was buried.
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Kokoraleis pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 70 years in prison.
By Illinois day-for-day sentencing laws at the time, his sentence would be served after 35 years--on Sept 29. 2017.
"This man has terrorized and committed the ultimate act of violence against this family and they never want him to walk the streets ever again," said Gloria Allred, the Borowski family attorney.
The other members of the crew, Kokoraleis' brother Andrew was executed, Edward Spreitzer was sentenced to death and Robin Gecht is serving a 120 year sentence.
If Thomas Kokoraleis is released, he'll serve three years supervised release.
At the Mount Emblem Cemetery in Elmhurst, where Lorry Ann is buried, her family says justice has not been served.
"I felt there was some justice when Kokoraleis was sentenced to 70 years in prison I thought that he would die in prison," Borowski said. "I don't want him out cause I'm afraid that he may hurt someone else."
The family's attorney says the only legal path at this time is a possible civil commitment.
The DuPage County state's attorney must file a petition for a hearing to prove Kokoraleis is a sexually violent person.
There was no comment from the states attorney's office on whether or not that could happen.
Sources told the Chicago Tribune prosecutors may try to thwart his release, but a spokesman for the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s office said they could not comment on that.
A Change.org petition has been started by Borowski’s brother seeking to stop Kokoraleis’ parole.
