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Palmer was found with 12 gunshot wounds, according to SPD.
Her theft was discovered when the YMCA switched to an internet-based accounting software.
The victims were Bryant K. Williams, 27, from Houston, Texas, and Savante English, 27, and Keyera Gant, 25, both from Springfield.
Nathaniel N. Barnes, 45, and Joyce L. Rushing, 47, both of Springfield, were arrested for burglary.
The suspect was described as a Black man wearing a grey shirt, black pants and a dew rag.
At this time, it is unknown if the two shooting incidents are related.
Three lawsuits filed Monday detail abuse from 1996 to 2021, including rape, forced oral sex and beatings by corrections officers, nurses, kitchen staff, chaplains and others.
Pashko said new sheriffs often find it challenging to navigate entrenched office cultures.
The Illinois prison home of infamous killers Leopold and Loeb and Richard Speck, and the site of John Wayne Gacy’s execution, is shutting down.
Five are from Springfield, and one is from Taylorville.