Suspect In Naperville Nightclub Stabbing Held On Bond

By Chuck Sudo in News on Feb 6, 2012 8:00PM

Bond has been set at $3 million for Daniel Olaska, who has been charged with stabbing schoolteacher Shaun Wild to death in a Naperville nightclub over the weekend.

Olaska has been described by family and friends as an "Eagle Scout who’s active in his church’s youth group when he’s not working his job as a manager at Schaumburg Regional Airport." According to eyewitness accounts of the scene, Olaska also is someone who allegedly pulled out a five-inch serrated knife when a friend of Wild's began ribbing him for drinking beer from a wine glass.

Things escalated quickly between Olaska and Willie Hayes, a member of the football team at North Central College. Wild intervened to diffuse the situation and a handshake between Hayes and Olaska appeared to settle things. But Olaska allegedly pulled the knife as Wild and Hayes were going back to their table, slicing Hayes in the arm and stabbing Wild in the chest.

Olaska then tried to walk away and, when Wild attempted to stop him, Olaska reportedly stabbed him to death. Naperville police said he gave a full confession and re-enacted the events of the weekend at Frankie's Blue Room. He's charged with first-degree murder and two counts of attempted first-degree murder. Grace Baptist Church, where Olaska is a member, is working to raise the $300,000 needed to post his bail.