The bodies of Lillian Oetting, Mildred Lindquist and Frances Murphy were found partially nude and beaten to death in St. Louis Canyon in the state park.

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 Otto Weger was convicted of the murder of a Chicago woman at Starved Rock State Park in 1961. Weger maintained his initial confession for the murder came after threats.

Mildred Lindquist, Lillian Oetting, and Frances Murphy went missing in the park two days before their bodies were found in the park’s St. Louis Canyon, a popular spot with a waterfall. All three ...

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 ...

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