PEORIA, Ill. – A man who was convicted of murder even though the victim’s body has never been found is going to prison for a total of 80 years.
That’s the sentence Allen Schimmelpfennig, 30, received Thursday after being convicted last month of First-Degree Murder and Concealment of a Homicidal Death.
Schimmelpfennig killed Gabriel Cook, 32, at a storage locker in March of 2021, where a pool of blood was later found. Cook’s Jeep was then found on fire near Kickapoo Creek Road.
“They are serving their own life sentence, and for that, Schimmelpfennig deserves the maximum penalty,” said Jodi Hoos, Peoria County State’s Attorney, in a news release.
In the sentence, 75 years was for Murder, while the remaining five was for Concealment of a Homicidal Death.
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