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.

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 ...

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.

OTTAWA — The 86-year-old man known as the Starved Rock killer won’t get a new trial. On Wednesday, Chester Weger lost his bid to have his conviction overturned in the bludgeoning death of one ...

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 ...

Dubbed the infamous “Starved Rock Killer,” Weger finally won his freedom more than five years ago and lived a quiet life while making occasional appearances in court to try to overturn his ...

Chester Weger, most infamously known as the "Starved Rock Killer," has died at age 86. His longtime attorney Andy Hale confirmed his death, saying he died peacefully Sunday, surrounded by family.

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.