Peggy Finley and Peter Cadigan Arrested and Charged For Earl Moore Death

Two Springfield police EMS workers got charged with murder for killing Earl Moore.

Springfield Police said in December 2022, Earl Moore Jr. called 911 because he saw multiple people inside with guns. Officers then met someone outside who claimed Moore Jr. was experiencing a hallucinatory episode and needed medical assistance.

The two EMS named Peggy Finley and Peter Cadigan got called by Springfield Police to transport Moore Jr. to HSHS St. John’s Hospital, where the EMS workers put him on a paramedic stretcher face-down.

Officers got caught mocking Moore — said to be suffering alcohol withdrawal — with expletives and strapping him facedown on a stretcher. Watch the body cam footage here.

Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon classified his death as a ‘homicide’ from asphyxiation because he was restrained face-down by Finley and Cadigan.

Police say they were “not trained” for such patients.