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Sean Grayson, the man who fatally shot Sonya Massey in her home in 2024, has been denied medical release by the Illinois Prisoner Review Board, a board spokesperson said Friday.<\/p>\n

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Grayson, in a medical release request application obtained by NBC News via a Freedom of Information Act request, had asked to end his 20-year prison sentence after serving only six months. <\/p>\n

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Liz Mitchell, the spokesperson, said in a statement that the board voted 3-0 to deny Grayson\u2019s application, keeping him imprisoned. <\/p>\n

But Sangamon County State\u2019s Attorney John C. Milhiser opposed Grayson\u2019s potential release, writing a letter that recalled the facts of the case and stated that Grayson remains a danger to society. <\/p>\n

Grayson, a former Sangamon County sheriff\u2019s deputy, was diagnosed with Stage 3 colon cancer in 2023, his attorney, Mark Wykoff said at his sentencing in January, after Grayson was convicted of second-degree murder last year in relation to Massey\u2019s killing. <\/p>\n

By the time of the sentencing, the cancer had progressed to Stage 4 and spread to his liver, lungs and rectum. Wykoff worried that prison time would worsen Grayson\u2019s condition.<\/p>\n

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Grayson filed for release under the Joe Coleman Act, which applies to incarcerated people who are terminally ill or medically incapacitated. The application defines that standard as either having a condition that will not improve or one that prevents someone from performing normal daily living tasks unassisted. <\/p>\n

As a part of the application, a medical professional evaluated Grayson and deemed his condition \u201cirreversible and incurable,\u201d checking a box indicating Grayson is likely to die within 18 months due to his cancer. <\/p>\n

The doctor did not, however, deem Grayson medically incapacitated, finding that the cancer does not interfere with his ability to take care of himself in daily life. <\/p>\n

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Grayson killed Massey after she called to report a prowler outside of her home in 2024. He was dispatched to the scene and entered her apartment. <\/p>\n

While inside, Massey picked up a pot of boiling water from her stove, prompting Grayson to back away. She asked where he was going, and he replied: \u201cGetting away from your hot steaming water,\u201d according to Milhiser\u2019s recounting. <\/p>\n

Massey responded, \u201cAway from my hot steaming water? I rebuke you in the name of Jesus.\u201d When Grayson looked confused, she repeated, \u201cI rebuke you in the name of Jesus.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Grayson then pointed his gun at Massey and threatened to shoot her. She apologized and dropped to the floor, but he fired the weapon three times, hitting her. As she lay bleeding and struggling to breathe, he declined to offer medical care, Milhiser said. She was later pronounced dead at the hospital. <\/p>\n

In a handwritten statement included in the application, Grayson appeared to show little remorse for his actions and maintained that Massey attacked him with the pot of hot water. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe female Sony (sic) Massey invited me inside,\u201d Grayson wrote, adding, \u201cwhile inside she attacked me with a pot of boiling water and I fatally shot Ms. Massey.\u201d<\/p>\n

Grayson \u201cwas already diagnosed with cancer when he shot and killed Sonya Massey in her kitchen. His temper and willingness to escalate minor misunderstandings into fatal encounters shows that he poses a danger to any person he comes into contact with,\u201d Milhiser wrote. \u201cCancer does not make him less dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Milhiser added that Massey\u2019s family also strongly opposed Grayson\u2019s release.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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