
Two Illinois EMS providers charged with murder allegedly lied to investigators after strapping a patient facedown on a stretcher and later asked a police officer to lie, according to a report.
Paramedic Peggy Finley and EMT Peter Cadigan pleaded not guilty to the murder of Earl Moore Jr. Both were denied a bond reduction Monday and are being held in the Sangamon County Jail with their bond set at $1 million each, Insider reported.
Court filings said Finley lied to hospital staff and both Finley and Cadigan lied to Illinois State Police investigators about what lead to Moore’s death in December 2022. In court filings, State Prosecutor Dan Wright said Finley described Moore as being combative in her patient care report, while police body camera showed no such behavior from Moore while “in a weakened and confused state of medical distress,” according to the report.
Cadigan is also accused of falsely telling investigators he never received training on the dangers of positioning and transporting a patient facedown. Wright said Cadigan received training on the subject fewer than six months beforehand, according to the report.
Finley also told investigators the ambulance’s lights and sirens were activated while she and Cadigan transported Moore to the hospital. Court documents from surveillance footage said no lights or sirens were used.
A Springfield police officer who witnessed Finley and Cadigan working the call at Moore’s home reported receiving a phone call from Finley after Moore’s death. The officer said Finley wanted “to ensure that I told them that Moore was ‘responsive’ while we were at the residence,” according to the report.
The officer said immediately informed his supervisor after the phone call.
State prosecutors said Finley later acknowledged responsibility for Moore’s death in conversations with colleagues and investigators, according to the report.
Attorneys for Finley and Cadigan did not respond to Insider’s request for comment.