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. Attorneys for 86-year-old Chester Weger had been asking ...

SPRINGFIELD — Chester Weger, Illinois’ longest serving prisoner, has been denied parole for the 20th time. Weger, now 76, was convicted in 1961 of killing Lillian Oetting of Riverside while she and ...

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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. Weger spent nearly six ...