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On Thursday, attorney Andrew Hale urged a special prosecutor to vacate 84-year-old Chester Weger’s conviction in the notorious 1960 case, saying he “should be allowed to spend this Christmas with his family knowing that he has finally been exonerated.”
...for the prosecution at the time, another surprising twist to the case came on November 19, 1960. Weger took back his confession!
Murder of Lillian Oetting by Chester Weger, also accused of killing two others, featured on The Murders At Starved Rock.
New evidence has suggested that a man who spent 60 years in prison for the murder of an Irish woman could be innocent.
"I'm innocent," says the 83-year-old who had been convicted of killing three women at Starved Rock State Park in 1960.