Allgood trial continues

By J. D. Piland

A former NIU student alleging Todd Allgood kidnapped and raped her took the stand again for cross-examination Tuesday.

Allgood, 34, also a former NIU student, is charged with the April 25, 2001, kidnapping and sexual assault of the victim. She said during testimony that Allgood held a gun to her head as he raped her at his home in Sycamore’s Edgebrook Trailer Park.

The victim, who was 21 when the alleged attack occurred, said Allgood abducted her at gunpoint in the 1100 block of West Lincoln Highway.

Allgood has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

During cross-examination, the victim tearfully restated her story with added information about her education at NIU to defense attorney Calvin Campbell.

Tamara Allgood, Todd Allgood’s 37-year-old wife, took the stand as a witness who had contact with the defendant after the alleged rape.

Tamara Allgood said she was with her husband when the police arrived at their home. When police arrived, the defendant grabbed his backpack and took it with him to the bathroom, she told prosecutor Clint Hull.

The victim previously alleged that Allgood placed the condom he used to rape her in the backpack.

Tamara Allgood told Hull that she heard the toilet flush and then watched her husband return the backpack to its original place. After police entered the trailer, they found a condom on the bathroom floor and showed it to her, she said.

When Tamara Allgood was cross-examined by Campbell, she told him that she and her husband did not use condoms during intercourse.

Also taking the stand Tuesday were the victim’s co-workers.

Her co-workers testified that they had contact with the victim after the alleged attack.

Both of the victim’s co-workers told Hull that the victim was shaking and sobbing when they saw her. One co-worker said she took the victim to her office, and the victim told her she was raped.

The trial is scheduled to continue today at 1:15 p.m. at the DeKalb County Courthouse in Sycamore.

The name of the co-workers and place of employment were omitted to protect the victim.