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Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The setting sun casts sharp shadows on Thursday evening at the DeKalb County Courthouse. Timothy M. Doll was found guilty of the murder of Gracie Sasso-Cleveland and sentenced to 52 years in prison on Thursday at the DeKalb County Courthouse, two years and one week after her death. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)

Sex offender sentenced to 52 years for murder of teenage girl

By Austin Lamb, News Editor | August 24, 2025

DeKALB – Convicted sex offender Timothy Doll was sentenced to 52 years in prison Thursday for the killing of 15-year-old Gracie Sasso-Cleveland in 2023. Doll was charged on May 8, 2023, and pleaded guilty to first degree murder on Feb. 5, 2025, one...

DeKalb police officers walking across a bridge on College Avenue. A 15-year-old girl was found dead on the 500 block of College Avenue. (Sean Reed | Northern Star)

Sex offender on parole charged with first degree murder of 15-year-old girl

By Northern Star Staff | May 7, 2023

Editor’s note: This piece was updated at 5:07 pm May 8 to reflect updates to the investigation. DeKALB – A convicted child sex offender Timothy Doll, on parole since April, has been charged in the murder of 15-year-old DeKalb High School student...

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