A man accused of killing a teacher said he intentionally hit the woman with his Jeep as she walked along a rural southern Illinois road, then kicked and sexually attacked her in the woods before going home and returning to stab her, a prosecutor said Wednesday.

A judge ordered Neil Barrall, 27, jailed without bond on three counts of first-degree murder -- one punishable by a possible death penalty -- in the slaying last weekend of Rita "Michelle" Cavaletto.

There was no known relationship between Barrall, who was arrested Tuesday night, and the first-grade teacher he's accused of killing during her morning walk a few miles from her home near Walnut Hill, Ill., said Marion County State's Attorney Matthew Wilzbach.

"It appears to be random, which makes it pretty spooky," Wilzbach said.






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