WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ill. -- A 45-year-old man was sentenced to 40 years behind bars in connection to a murder investigation in Washington County.
Illinois State Police stated Kevin Loucks, 45 of Belleville, was sentenced to four decades to the Illinois Department of Corrections, after he was found guilty of murder in October of 2023.
The murder conviction was in connection to the death of Montez Pearson, 44. Pearson's body was found near Lunte Creek Road in Washington County on July 19, 2023.
Loucks was one of three people behind bars, with each facing a murder charge in the murder investigation.
Illinois State Police said earlier in July that Kevin Loucks, Milton Robinson, 57, and Arrion Sanders, 45, all from Belleville, Ill., were each charged with first-degree murder, in connection to the death investigation of Pearson.
Arrion Sanders is due back in court for a jury trial on April 22, 2024.
Milton Robinson is due back in court for a fitness hearing on June 18, 2024.
