Matthew Connors
SALINE CO.—Remember the post we put up earlier this week about Matthew Connors, the Carbondale man who was released on a recog bond out of Saline County to have surgery on his face for a melanoma?
We’ve just learned that he didn’t have the surgery. He “couldn’t get a ride” to Barnes Hospital, according to sources who’ve just gotten in touch with Disclosure.
We’ve also learned through these same sources that he hasn’t reported back to the Saline County Detention Center; instead, he’s back at his mother’s house in Carbondale. Bear in mind we haven’t seen the terms of his release on the recog bond as it was effective at the end of March and as we reported this past week. It’s very possible he didn’t have to report back to SCDC. However, it was confirmed to us earlier this week that his alleged victims in the sex assault case in which he’s charged in Saline have been given extra police protection, and this under the circumstance of having half his face taken off in an effort to get to the melanoma. Since the surgery didn’t take place, he’s not as disabled as he otherwise would have been….which is likely causing concern for the alleged victim.
To further exacerbate the matter, our sources are telling us that Connors (or someone on his behalf) has set up something online through which donations for his support are being requested. Our sources are telling us it’s an email (at the very least) called cominghometodie@aol.com; whether it’s more than this (such as a website or blog) taking direct donations remains unclear; we’re still looking into it.
We’ll let you know what we find; keep checking back.