Prisoners and Detainees of Illinois - Escapees from Illinois Detention, People Convicted of Murder by Illinois (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 42. Chapters: Escapees from Illinois detention, People convicted of murder by Illinois, Prisoners sentenced to death by Illinois, Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by Illinois, Prisoners who died in Illinois detention, John Wayne Gacy, William Heirens, Richard Speck, Alton Coleman, Mark Winger, John Patrick Looney, Brian Dugan, Harry Aleman, Timothy Krajcir, Johann Otto Hoch, Rolando Cruz case, Clayton Waagner, Adolph Fischer, John Scalise, Carl Wanderer, Kenneth Allen, August Spies, Ripper Crew, George Engel, Richard Honeck, Patrick Eugene Prendergast, Karen McCarron, Eleanor Jarman, Gerald Barnbaum, Sam Cardinelli, Larry Eyler, Hernando Williams, Tillie Klimek, John "Pudgy" Dunn, Tommy O'Connor, Nicholas Troy Sheley, Charles Walker, Delbert Tibbs, George Dale. Excerpt: William George Heirens (born November 15, 1928) is a convicted American serial killer who confessed to three murders in 1946. Heirens has been called The Lipstick Killer due to a notorious message scrawled in lipstick at a crime scene. He is reputedly the world's longest serving prisoner, having thus far spent 65 years in prison. He is currently incarcerated at the Dixon Correctional Center medium security prison in Dixon, Illinois (Inmate No. C-06103). Though he remains imprisoned, Heirens has recanted his confession and claimed to be a victim of coercive interrogation and police brutality. Fritz Lang directed his film While the City Sleeps based on the novel The Bloody Spur by Charles Einstein which depicts the story of Heirens. Heirens grew up in Lincolnwood, a suburb of Chicago. At the age of 11, Heirens claimed to have witnessed a couple making love. He told his mother, who then told him that all sex was dirty, and would lead to diseases. While kissing a girlfriend he burst into tears, and proceeded to vomit in the presence of the girl. At 13 years ol...