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 ...

CHICAGO — Despite his persistent claims of innocence, Chester Weger lived six decades in prison after confessing to the haunting 1960 Starved Rock State Park murders of three suburban Chicago ...

Weger, who spent 60 years in prison for the murder of one of three women killed at Starved Rock in 1960, claimed he gave a false confession.

Steve Stout, historian and author of the book, “The Starved Rock Murders,” joins John to talk about Chester Weger, the man known as ‘The Starved Rock Killer,’ losing his bid to have his conviction ...

CLAY COUNTY, Mo. (WTVO/WGN) — Chester Weger, the man convicted of killing one of three women found dead at Starved Rock State Park in 1960, has died at the age of 86. He died Sunday, June 22, in ...