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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 ...
JOLIET, IL — Less than one week after a LaSalle County judge denied Starved Rock killer Chester Weger's petition to vacate his conviction based on actual innocence in the 1960 slayings that left ...
Weger gained media attention as the longest-serving inmate in the state of Illinois. David Raccuglia, the son of Weger’s prosecutor, explored his circumstances in the HBO Max series “ The Murders at ...
CHICAGO — Despite his persistent claims of innocence, Chester Weger lived six decades in prison after confessing to the haunting 1960 Starved Rock State Park murders of three suburban Chicago ...
CLAY COUNTY, Mo. (WTVO/WGN) — Chester Weger, the man convicted of killing one of three women found dead at Starved Rock State Park in 1960, has died at the age of 86. He died Sunday, June 22, in ...
The women were hiking together in Starved Rock State Park in northern Illinois when they were attacked. Their remains were found in the park’s popular St. Louis Canyon, which is framed by a ...
Starved Rock killer is dead, a week after losing bid to overturn 1961 conviction Chester Weger, 86, died Sunday in Missouri. He was freed from prison for good conduct in 2020 after spending more ...
In 1960, three women are brutally murdered in Starved Rock State Park, casting a decades-long shadow over the town of LaSalle, Illinois. David’s investigation leads him back to LaSalle, where ...