Obituaries
Jack G. Wallenda, key detective in the 1966 Richard Speck murders, dies at 83
Nov. 27, 2009
World & Nation
Richard Speck, who killed eight student nurses 21 years ago, was denied parole Wednesday in a ruling that prosecutors called “the only just decision for the rest of Speck’s life.”
Sept. 10, 1987
Mass murderer Richard Speck, sentenced to 1,200 years in prison for the rampage slayings of eight student nurses in 1966, was denied parole today by a unanimous vote of the Illinois Prisoner Review Board.
Sept. 9, 1987
The Illinois Prisoner Review Board today for the seventh time denied a parole petition for Richard Speck, convicted of the stabbing and strangling 24 years ago of eight student nurses--a case prosecutors said “shocked and dismayed the world.”
Sept. 10, 1990
In a videotape secretly recorded in prison, the late mass murderer Richard Speck strips off his jumpsuit to reveal women’s blue underwear.
May 14, 1996
Richard Speck belongs behind bars or in a grave for stabbing and strangling eight student nurses 21 years ago, a prosecutor argued Wednesday as a state panel considered whether to grant him parole.
Sept. 3, 1987
PASSINGS: Jack G. Wallenda
Richard Speck, a brutally methodical killer with “Born to Raise Hell” tattooed on one arm and the blood of eight student nurses splattered across his soul, died of a heart attack Thursday.
Dec. 6, 1991
Richard Tuite, 33, pleaded not guilty in the 1998 murder of Stephanie Ann Crowe, 12, in Escondido.
May 17, 2002
Pathologist Robert Stein has been a doctor of death for Cook County for 36 years.
April 18, 1993