There will be no new trial for the man known as the "Starved Rock Killer," convicted in the death of a woman in the Illinois state park in 1960.

Chester O. Weger, accused slayer of three Riverside, Ill., matrons, is shown during his trial at Ottawa, Ill. Jan. 30, 1961. (AP Photo/Charles Knoblock) John Williams ‘Starved Rock Killer’ Chester ...

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 ...

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 ...

Weger spent nearly six decades behind bars. Chester Otto Weger, known as "the Starved Rock Murderer," but who spent nearly six and a half decades working for his exoneration, died on June 22.

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 ...