But within 24 hours he recanted his confession and said he didn’t do it. ibid. McVeigh-Schultz
That after the comments in the kitchen were, You’re face looks like you’re in a fight with a cat. ibid. father
Our contention that Mr Weger’s confession in this case was involuntary and was the product of physical and psychological duress. Murders at Starved Rock II: Psychological Warfare, Weger’s brief at clemency hearing
Strands of Hair Implicate Two in Park Slaying. ibid. news article
He just kept hitting me and [breaks down crying]. ibid. Weger
Dummett is the man who fabricated and wrote the confession. ibid.
Smokey confessed to her [sister] that he was one of the primary people involved in the Starved Rock murders … Smokey’s crew were involved with organised crime … It’s really the husbands of the women that were the motivation behind this. ibid. investigator
Why I ended up in prison is what George Spiros told the police. ibid. Weger
At the next parole hearing [2020] Weger is indeed paroled. Murders at Starved Rock III: Memories ***** Dan Churney, local reporter
They ruined my life. Keeping me locked up 60 years for something I never done. ibid. Weger on release
Two people because of the hairs … collected at the scene … It clearly looks like the hairs of the attackers, and there’s this 1960 lab report that says it’s not Chester’s hair on the glove … It wasn’t even introduced at the trial. ibid. Chester’s new brief
All of this character analysis with these priors [rapes] was disturbing, but does that make him a murderer? ibid
George Spiros: I know he was involved in that. Stanley Tucker was like an instigator. ibid. old lady
His confession of this crime was given to many … There was a doctor’s report that said that Chester was not beaten … Chester’s own words, his side of the story, is completely different than the public record … The conspiracy keeps having to get bigger and bigger … I don’t believe he was beaten … Chester, I believe, added colour to the story after years in prison. ibid.
They were given a ride to the west entrance of St Louis Canyon … Another witness saw a black car … Stanley Tucker had a black Cadillac … Stanley Tucker gave them a ride … Chester Weger and Stanley Tucker were the two main suspects in this case … I don’t see how he did it by himself … ibid. Judge Jansen’s original review of case
Chester wrote this to his father while he was awaiting trial … I think what he’s trying to say is, I’m not the murderer but I’m harbouring information. ibid.
My brother always said that somebody had threatened him. But he would never tell me who it was. ibid. Chester’s sister
It is hereby ordered that forensic testing is granted. ibid. appeal judge
WEIER, ANISSA & MORGAN E GEYSER: Slender Man TV -
Three girls who were all ten years old went out to the woods. Two of them conspired to kill the third. Slender Man, CI 2019, dude, CI 2019
Girl Pleads Insanity in Slenderman Stabbing Case. ibid. newspaper headline
… Slender Man Stabbing: Geyser Could Go Home After Only Six Months. ibid.
Slender Man was created out of a form … ibid. Professor Kendrick, Baylor University
Stab Stab Stab Stab Stab. It didn’t feel like anything. It was like air. ibid. Weier to investigating rozzer
Doctors diagnose Morgan with early onset schizophrenia during her competency evaluation. Her attorneys immediately petition to have her case moved to juvenile court. ibid.
In July of 2014 the court orders Morgan to begin the process of restoring her competency at Winnebago Mental Health Institute. By November of 2014 Morgan Geyser was found competent to stand trial. Despite being diagnosed schizophrenic, she was transferred back to jail from Winnebego Mental Health Institute without a treatment plan. ibid. captions
In 2015 Morgan Geyser’s team began work on its mental illness defense. ibid.
Girl Pleads Insanity in Slenderman Stabbing Case. ibid.
I’m going to order that the commitment be 40 years. ibid. Judge
WELCH, LLOYD: True Crime Recaps 2022 -
March 1975: The Lyon sisters, 12-year-old Sheila and 10-year-old Kate … never came home. For weeks the police searched high and low but turned up nothing. True Crime Recaps: Lyon Sisters’ Disappearance Solved 40 Years Later! Youtube 13.00, 2022
149,579. An 18-year-old drifter by the name of Lloyd Lee Welch walked up to a security guard at the mall and told him he saw the girls ... A problematic witness … to collect the reward and gain attention … Fast-forward 38 years and he was finishing a 33-year prison sentence for molesting a 10-year-old girl. ibid.
He pleaded guilty and got 48 years behind bars. ibid.
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Fred West: the police got him in; they said, ‘How many people have you killed?’ He said, ‘Seven.’ They said, ‘We’ve fucking dug twelve up.’ He said, ‘I know but I’m a builder – that’s just a fucking estimate.’ Bernard Manning
By the time that Fred West met Rose he was already a very dangerous individual who had really found ways of killing and getting rid of the body. Professor David Canter, criminal psychologist
He used to cry and talk to her a lot. Janet Leach, appropriate adult
The police had found the remains of two bodies; they suspected one was Heather but who else was under the patio? The police confronted Fred: Fred made a staggering confession. Crimes that Shook the World s1e3: The Wests/House of Horrors, 2006
Was it possible that Rose knew nothing about the murders? Three young women killed and buried under her nose including her daughter Heather? Cromwell Street was turning out to be no ordinary family home, but a house of unimaginable horrors. ibid.
Fred had also confessed to a further nine murders including his first wife Rena Costello and her daughter Charmaine. ibid.
Fred told the police there were other bodies in other places. ibid.
In 1972 Caroline Roberts was raped, abducted and nearly murdered by Fred and Rosemary West. They spared Caroline after she promised to stay silent about her ordeal. ibid.
Fred and Rose were released with a £100 fine. ibid.
Rose killed Charmaine while Fred was in prison. ibid.
Rose West was found guilty on ten counts of murder. ibid.
Was Fred West born to kill? Born to Kill? Fred West, Channel 5 2012
It is widely believed that Fred West’s father Walter was a child abuser. ibid.
Anne McFall was last seen July of 1967. ibid.
The young Rosemary West’s childhood was tragically similar to that of Fred. ibid.
The child that suffered the most was eight-year-old Charmaine. ibid.
The Wests pleaded guilty to the kidnap and sexual assault of Caroline. With their victim too scared to give evidence Fred and Rose were never charged with rape. Fined £25 each they were allowed to go free. ibid.
In future they chose their victims with care. ibid.
Over the next fourteen years would kidnap, rape, torture and murder almost at will. But each murder would require them to push the boundaries of sado-sexual behaviour further and further. ibid.