Kirk Zimmerman acquitted in murder trial
WGLT · Ryan Denham · May 6, 2019
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2014 · Bloomington, Illinois
Pamela Zimmerman
A Bloomington office killing and a trial that ended in acquittal
Pamela Zimmerman, a financial planner and mother of three, was killed in her Bloomington, Illinois, office in 2014. Prosecutors charged her former husband Kirk Zimmerman, arguing that financial conflict provided a motive. His defense challenged the investigation and argued that other leads had been neglected. A jury found him not guilty in May 2019. Dateline’s later report and local trial coverage offer different entry points into a case where an accusation must not be presented as a conviction.
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Kirk Zimmerman acquitted in murder trial
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