•March 16, 2016•

Michael S. Yost’s lack of memory from the night Sheri Randall was killed wasn’t enough to keep the Honorable Judge Dan L. Flannell from determining he was fit for trial during a March 15 hearing.

Yost, 41, is charged with four counts of murder in connection with the death of Randall at her Graham St. apartment in Sullivan March 4, 2015.

Dr. Lawrence Jeckel, forensic psychiatrist of Champaign, agreed Yost could have no memory of the night during testimony at the Moultrie County Courthouse. “He is fit to stand trial,” Dr. Jeckel told Public Defender David Rau.

“Is he suffering from amnesia from that event?” Rau asked Dr. Jeckel, who replied that he believed Yost had no memory of the day in question.

Rau told the court that Yost’s lack of memory hinders his ability for defense.

He then had Dr. Jeckel refer to the medical report from the night of the crime to illustrate a metabolic disturbance could have caused Yost’s blank out.

Referring to the medical report Dr. Jeckel noted Yost had diabetes, and the combination with alcohol and a variety of opiates found in the defendant’s blood stream combined with a drop in blood sugar could cause such a disturbance.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.