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Chester Otto Weger (born March 3, 1939) [1] is an American man who was convicted in 1961 of the murder of one of three women found slain at Starved Rock State Park the previous year. He was held at Pinckneyville Correctional Center and at one time was the longest serving inmate incarcerated by the State of Illinois as well as the third longest ...
Belva Eleanora Gaertner (née Boosinger; September 14, 1884 – May 14, 1965) was an American woman who was acquitted of murder in a 1924 trial.She inspired the character of Velma in the 1926 play Chicago created by Maurine Dallas Watkins; Watkins reported on the trial for the Chicago Tribune.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 February 2025. American football executive (1923–2025) Virginia Halas McCaskey McCaskey in 1963 with her father George Halas Born Virginia Marion Halas (1923-01-05) January 5, 1923 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Died February 6, 2025 (2025-02-06) (aged 102) Alma mater Drexel University Spouse Ed McCaskey (m ...
[2] [3] Khan worked as a photographer and moved to Chicago with her husband after their wedding. [1] [2] Khan's friends said that she changed after marrying Ahmad and that he would have mental breakdowns and threatened to kill himself. [2] [3] In December 2021, Khan filed for divorce. [3] Ahmad moved to Alpharetta, Georgia, while Khan remained ...
The murder of the Grimes sisters is an unsolved double murder that occurred in Chicago, Illinois, on December 28, 1956, in which two sisters named Barbara and Patricia Grimes—aged 15 and 12 [n 2] respectively—disappeared while traveling from a Brighton Park movie theater to their home in McKinley Park.
There was evidence that bears fed on Adolph's remains, and tried to enter her house. An autopsy confirmed that she died from a bear attack. Five bears suspected of being involved were killed by conservation officers, and DNA tests confirmed that one of the dead bears killed Adolph. [64] August 19, 2010 Brent Kandra, 24, male: Captive
The Southside Strangler is the media epithet given by the media, and later used by law enforcement, to a serial killer active in the South Side of Chicago from the 1990s and 2000s, responsible for the murders of numerous girls and young women. It would later be established that the killings were committed by different offenders, including ...
For example, toothmarks on cave bear remains in areas where cave bears are the only recorded potential carnivores suggests occasional cannibalistic scavenging, [26] [27] possibly on individuals that died during hibernation, and dental microwear analysis indicates the cave bear may have fed on a greater quantity of bone than its contemporary ...