A Sangamon County grand jury has handed down a 13-count indictment against the suspect in a double homicide in Springfield earlier this month.
33-year-old Mark Crites is accused of killing John and Gloria Norgaard in the couple’s home on Southwind Road on the morning of September 11th… and an arson at the home of one of Crites’s relatives the night before. In addition to eight counts of first degree murder, Crites is also charged with aggravated arson, residential arson, theft, possession of a stolen motor vehicle, and aggravated possession of stolen firearms.
He appears in court again Thursday morning for arraignment. Crites is being held on $5 million bond. He faces natural life in prison if convicted of all charges.
