Overview

• Weger was convicted in 1961 for the bludgeoning death of Lillian Oetting and accused in the killings of Mildred Lindquist and Frances Murphy at Starved Rock State Park.
• Investigators linked the crimes to Weger by matching the cord used to bind the victims with twine from the Starved Rock Lodge kitchen where he worked as a dishwasher.
• He initially confessed to the murders and led law enforcement on a reenactment of the slayings but later recanted, asserting that prosecutors had coerced his confession.
• After serving 60 years in prison, Weger secured parole in February 2020 following a 90-day delay for review under Illinois’s Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act.
• Attorney Andy Hale said Weger died surrounded by family still maintaining his innocence and pledged to pursue a posthumous review of his conviction.