Watson robbed Burgarino and stabbed him 26 times in a frenzied attack on the hotel\u2019s fifth floor before fleeing via a fire escape. The killing was caught on the hotel\u2019s security cameras.<\/p>\n
The suspect was arrested less than 24 hours later at the Joliet Public Library, just two blocks from the casino. Inside his backpack was Burgarino\u2019s bloodstained cash.<\/p>\n
Watson had been stalking patrons in the casino before the assault in plain view of the hotel staff,” <\/strong>Northbrook attorney Jeffrey Crane states in the lawsuit.\u00a0“Although Watson exhibited suspicious behavior, the defendants did not investigate why he was on the premises or prevent him from assaulting Sam.<\/strong>“<\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe lawsuit further outlines that Watson was not a guest of the hotel and did not have a key card or assigned room.<\/p>\n
\u2018No Sympathy\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\nMoreover, according to the complaint, the casino staff neglected to seek out Dixon, who was waiting in the casino downstairs, to inform her that her partner had been attacked. Eventually, she was driven to the hospital by a police officer, but by the time she arrived, Burgarino was dead.<\/p>\n
When she returned to the property, “none of the defendants’ employees offered Denise sympathy for what had happened to Sam. To the contrary, the clerk asked her to pay her hotel bill. To this day, the defendants continue to send Denise and Sam personalized advertising asking each of them to come back for another stay at the hotel\/casino,” the lawsuit states.<\/p>\n
The lawsuit accuses Caesars and the Joliet Harrah’s Casino of premises liability: negligence and reckless conduct.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The fianc\u00e9e of a man brutally stabbed to death by a stranger in a hallway at Harrah\u2019s Joliet Hotel & Casino in Joliet, Ill. is suing operator Caesars Entertainment for negligence, Patch.com reports. Last August, a jury decided that Robert Watson, 26, was fit to stand trial for the first-degree murder of 76-year-old Emanuel “Sam” […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":163407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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