Lawyers in Palos Parent-Slay Case Receive Medical Reports, Photos

Stuffed folders of medical reports were given over to three defense attorneys individually representing three defendants accused of killing Palos Township couple John and Maria Granat.

Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney Donna Norton said at a court hearing Friday in front of Judge Neil Linehan that the handed-over discovery also contained digital photos from the medical examiner’s office, cell phone analysis and other documents.

Norton said she is still waiting on other records for 18-year-old Christopher Wyma, as well as DNA analysis discussed at the March hearing, but has no outstanding subpoenas in the case.

Public defender LaFonze Palmer, who is representing 18-year-old John Granat, Wyma’s attorney Dan Nolan, and John Eannace who is defending 21-year-old Ehab Qasem, all acknowledged receiving the materials.

The three are scheduled to be back in court on June 5.

Mohammad Salahat, 18, the fourth defendant in the case, appeared in court earlier in the month. Salahat’s attorney Joel Brodksy tried to get his individual case tossed from court, but Linehan ruled against the motion. Salahat is scheduled to be back in court on May 6.

The four men were all charged with murder in connection with the September 2011 slaying of Granat's parents, John and Maria Granat. The parents were found dead in their blood-spattered bedroom. Their killers beat and stabbed them to death.

All four of the young men are seeking separate murder trials.

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