Jonesboro man recovering from attack

Saturday, May 12, 2007

JONESBORO, Ill. -- In the early hours Tuesday, two people lured Roy Easton, a mentally retarded man, to an abandoned building in Jonesboro. A larger group then attacked the 21-year-old, possibly using a wood two-by-four and a broken beer bottle.

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