Murdered Uncle Dumped In Joliet Cemetery: Was Anthony Harames Insane At Time?

JOLIET, IL — Anthony Harames, the 34-year-old man from Joliet who has remained in the Will County Jail since Joliet police detectives arrested him on first-degree murder charges for the death of his uncle, is now asking a Will County judge to make a ruling on his sanity at the time of the November 2021 killing.

After fatally stabbing 53-year-old Timothy Bokholdt, Harames loaded his uncle's body into a vehicle and drove to the Woodlawn Cemetery along West Jefferson Street, where he disposed of his uncle's body in the back of the cemetery in November 2021, according to Joliet police.

For several weeks, none of the visitors or maintenance staff at Woodlawn Cemetery ever realized that Bokholdt's body was dumped at their sprawling cemetery, and nobody knew about Bokholdt's apparent murder except for his killer, according to officials.

Then, one month later, Harames engaged in a standoff with Joliet police that lasted several hours into the night, inside his missing uncle's house in the College Park subdivision. The next day, according to Joliet police, Harames led the detectives to the hiding spot where he put his uncle's slain body, at the Woodlawn Cemetery.

Joliet police believe the homicide happened around Nov. 17, 2021. The uncle died from a stabbing inside his house on Natoma Court, Joliet police have said.

Harames has been represented Joliet criminal defense attorney Eric Mitchell, and his first-degree murder case is assigned to Will County Judge Sarah Jones in her fifth floor courtroom.

According to last week's filing, Jones ordered that Harames' lawyer provide her with materials necessary for the sanity evaluation. Mitchell has requested his client undergo a mental examination "related to sanity at time of the offense." Judge Jones wrote that she granted this request.

"Defendant is currently housed at the Will County Jail and the aforementioned examination is allowed to be conducted by Community Solutions and any report should be dispersed to relevant parties, including this court," Jones ordered.

At this stage, no trial date has been set for Harames. It's unlikely his murder trial will take place during the rest of 2025.

Related Joliet Patch coverage:

• Joliet Killer Waited 5 Days To Move Body To Cemetery: Prosecutors
• Woodlawn Cemetery Murder Revisited 1 Year Later
• Is Joliet Murder Defendant Anthony Harames Fit To Stand Trial?
• Joliet Killer Dumps Uncle's Body In Woodlawn Cemetery: Police