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The lodge in which the three women were staying at Starved Rock State Park is seen March 16, 1960. A double-exposure photo shows Frances Murphy, left, and Mildred Lindquist, in dark clothing.
The lodge in which the three women were staying at Starved Rock State Park is seen March 16, 1960. A double-exposure photo shows Frances Murphy, left, and Mildred Lindquist, in dark clothing.
After they arrived at Starved Rock on March 14, 1960, and checked into their rooms, they ate lunch in the lodge restaurant and headed out for an afternoon hike through St. Louis Canyon, a popular ...
Chester Weger, center, shows Sheriff Ray Eutsey, right, how he dragged the body of women into a cave at Starved Rock State Park near Ottawa, Ill., Nov. 17, 1960.
Weger was a 21-year-old dishwasher at the Starved Rock Lodge at the time. He confessed at first that he had used a frozen tree branch to kill the victims, and even re-enacted the crime for law ...
We learned about the Starved Rock murders in St. Louis Canyon, history of the CCC and Starved Rock, and an update on the Halfway House (guests included Abe Lincoln) on Dee Bennett Road.
Steve Stout, historian and author of the book, “The Starved Rock Murders,” joins John to talk about the 1960 case in which three Chicago-area women were brutally murdered while hiking at Starved Rock ...
Where to watch the Starved Rock documentary: In 2021, HBO released a three-part docuseries called The Murders at Starved Rock, which is currently streaming on Max. The Mark Wahlberg -produced ...
A LaSalle County judge has allowed DNA testing of evidence from the 1960 Starved Rock State Park murders, potentially making room for conviction exoneration.
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Nearly 60 years since the murders of three women at Starved Rock State Park in LaSalle County, convicted killer Chester Weger is out of prison.