Murder charges dropped in 1993 ISU killing

BLOOMINGTON -- Prosecutors have dropped all charges against a Rockford man whose murder conviction was overturned in the 1993 death of an Illinois State University student.

The McLean County state's attorney's office filed a motion Thursday to dismiss the murder charges against 36-year-old Alan Beaman.

Beaman was convicted in 1995 and sentenced to 50 years in prison in the stabbing and strangling death of his ex-girlfriend, Jennifer Lockmiller. The Illinois Supreme Court threw the conviction out in May 2008, saying prosecutors violated his constitutional right to due process.

In a statement, prosecutors note that there's no statute of limitations on murder and that they'll continue investigating Lockmiller's death.