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1. Perpetrator. Romeo Alexander Nance. On January 21, 2024, a gunman opened fire on three separate occasions in and around Joliet, Illinois. A total of eight people were killed, and one person was injured. The perpetrator, 23-year-old Romeo Nance, who was related to seven of the victims, fatally shot himself a day later after being confronted ...
1966–1982. 3+. Serial killer whose first murder in 1966 was of his sister-in-law in Joliet, Illinois. [38] [39] John Wayne Gacy. Norwood Park. 1972–1978. 33-45. Serial killer and rapist, also known as the "Killer Clown", who killed at least 33 young men and boys.
Milton Johnson (born May 15, 1950), known as The Weekend Murderer, is an American serial killer and mass murderer who committed ten known murders in a series of murders that spanned over three months in Will County, Illinois. Two of his victims were police officers. [citation needed] See also. List of serial killers in the United States
Richard Benjamin Speck (December 6, 1941 – December 5, 1991) was an American mass murderer who killed eight student nurses in their South Deering, Chicago, residence via stabbing, strangling, slashing their throats, or a combination of the three on the night of July 13–14, 1966. One victim was also raped prior to her murder.
Country. United States. State (s) Illinois. Date apprehended. June 26, 1946. William George Heirens (November 15, 1928 – March 5, 2012) was an American criminal and possible serial killer who confessed to three murders. He was subsequently convicted of the crimes in 1946. Heirens was called the Lipstick Killer after a notorious message ...
John William Agrue (September 11, 1947 – June 29, 2009) was an American serial killer. Convicted at the age of 18 for killing his sister-in-law in Illinois in 1966, he would later be paroled and moved to Colorado, where he committed at least two additional murders in 1982. He never stood trial for these latter crimes and was identified as the ...
Chester Weger. 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 ...
Stateville is often confused with the former Joliet Correctional Center, which closed in 2002. Located in the nearby city of Joliet, the former Joliet Prison is much older and smaller. It is located about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) southeast of Stateville on the corner of Woodruff Rd. and Collins St., across the Illinois and Michigan Canal.