PINCKNEYVILLE — An 80-year-old man who spent nearly 60 years in prison after being convicted of killing one of three suburban Chicago women whose brutalized bodies were found in a state park walked out of prison Friday.Chester Weger emerged from Pinckneyville Correctional Center much older than when he was sent to prison in 1961, but he was the same in one respect — maintaining that he was innocent and had been framed by detectives and prosecutors.”They ruined my […]
Inmate dubbed the ‘Starved Rock Killer’ freed after 59 years
Feb 21, 2020 | 3:24 PM
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