Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Peter Villarreal wrote after a “thorough and exhaustive review” there was not enough evidence to prove the case, according to court filings.
Hill was sentenced in October 2018 to 47 years in prison. Last year, Lake Superior Court Judge Salvador Vasquez vacated that conviction after a joint request from the Lake County Prosecutor’s office and Hill’s attorneys, Scott King and Russell Brown.
Pucalik was working a security job at the Holiday Inn south of Interstate 80/94 and west of Cline Avenue in Hammond when two men with handguns came in and demanded money from the register.Pucalik walked into the lobby and as he attempted to access his firearm, he was shot by one of the suspects, according to court records. Prosecutors said Hill was the getaway driver for the other two men who went inside, but Hill maintained his innocence.
Hill was first charged in the case in 2012, and he was joined by two co-defendants, Catlett and Larry Mayes. Then he was charged again in 2016. Catlett was brought to Indiana in 2018 to face charges in Pucalik’s death after serving a lengthy Illinois prison sentence.Michelle L. Quinn contributed.
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