Aurora man who killed mom, 3 teens facing felony charges
Randy J. Visor, a 42-year-old who killed four people — including three Waubonsie Valley High School students — in a drunken driving crash in 1997, is in trouble again.
Visor, of the 1600 block of Solifsburg Avenue, Aurora, was arrested by Aurora police on a warrant for two felony domestic violence charges, according to court records.
Visor was arrested Monday, posted bond and was released, police said.
Aurora Police Lt. Pete Inda said the warrant, which was issued Friday, stemmed from an altercation at about 12:45 p.m. Wednesday at a home in the 100 block of North Loucks Street on the city’s east side.
Inda said Visor is accused of punching a 59-year-old man in the head and body after the two argued after a recent death of a family member.
The victim did not need medical treatment, and Visor left the scene before police arrived.
At 4:05 a.m. on Oct. 17, 1997, a drunk and speeding Visor ran a red light at Eola Road and New York Street in Aurora and slammed into another car, killing Waubonsie students Jenni Linn Anderson, Allison Matzdorf and Jennifer Roberts.
The three 16-year-olds from Naperville were best friends and were on their way to prank another student.
The crash also killed Visor’s passenger, Ana Pryor, a 27-year-old mother of three.
Visor was convicted and sentenced in 1998 to 13 years in prison, but received time off for good behavior and taking self-help classes.
He was released in November 2002 after serving about one-third of his sentence.
Visor’s case prompted strengthening of reckless homicide laws to a maximum of 28 years in prison instead of 14 years when a DUI results in multiple deaths. Offenders also must serve 85 percent of sentence instead of 50 percent.
Visor was back in court several times for failing to make restitution payments of $30,000 to the victim’s families.
Visor was arrested in March 2006 in Batavia for driving on a revoked license. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced on the 10-year mark of the fatal crash to the maximum of 364 days in jail for the misdemeanor offense.
At the time, Kane County Judge William Weir allowed Visor to leave jail for 10 hours a day to work in order to provide insurance for his two kids and another that was on the way.
“This county and this court is going to be more compassionate to you than you were to your victims,” Weir said, noting the sentence was in deference to Visor’s kids and the victims, whom he still owed some $19,000 for funeral expenses.
The new charges carry a one- to three-year prison term, but probation also is an option.