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Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater greets supporters during a whistle-stop tour of Rock Island, Illinois, Oct. 3, 1964. (AP Photo/Henry Burroughs)

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Nicholas Sheley shakes hands with his defense attorney, Jeremy Karlin, after he was found guilty Thursday, May 29, 2014, in Rock Island, Ill., in the deaths in the deaths of 29-year-old Brock Branson; 20-year-old Kilynna Blake; her son, 2-year-old Dayan; and 25-year-old Kenneth Ulve in Rock Falls in June 2008. (AP Photo/Quad-City Times, Kevin E. Schmidt) MAGS OUT, TV OUT, NO SALES.

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Jodi Fitzgerald celebrates as the verdict in the Nicholas Sheley murder trial is read Thursday May 29, 2014 at the Rock Island County Justice Center in Rock Island, Ill. Jurors found Nicholas Sheley, 34, guilty of murder in the deaths of 29-year-old Brock Branson; 20-year-old Kilynna Blake; her son, 2-year-old Dayan; and 25-year-old Kenneth Ulve in Rock Falls, Ill., in June 2008.(AP Photo/Quad-City Times, Kevin E. Schmidt) MAGS OUT, TV OUT, NO SALES

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Thomas Merchie, a retired Illinois State Police crime scene analyst, testifies about the blood spatter analysis he conducted during the 2008 death investigation of Brock Branson, Kilynna Blake, Dayan Blake and Kenneth Ulve, during the murder trial of Nicholas Sheley in Rock Island, Ill., on Wednesday, May 21, 2014. (AP Photo/The Dispatch, Paul Colletti, Pool)