Defense attorney says DNA proves client didn't commit 1960 Starved Rock murders
Posted August 02, 2022 1:00 am
DNA testing and other newly unearthed evidence shows Chester Weger, who was convicted of the infamous 1960 Starved Rock State Park killings, is innocent, his lawyer told a LaSalle County judge Monday.
Weger, 83, confessed to killing three suburban women found bludgeoned in the park southwest of Chicago. But he soon recanted and has maintained his innocence ever since.
The Illinois Prisoner Review Board paroled Weger in 2020 after a board member argued he was a model prisoner.
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Chester Weger, 80, leaves the Pinckneyville Correctional Center after he was paroled in 2020. He served 59 years for killing three woman at Starved Rock State Park in 1960.
Courtesy of attorney Celeste Stack via Chicago Sun-Times
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