The longest-serving inmate in Illinois history is dead

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-william-heirens-dies-known-as-the-lipstick-killer-20120306,0,5198291.story

William Heirens dead. Known as the 'Lipstick Killer'

By William Lee

Tribune reporter

7:47 a.m. CST, March 6, 2012

William Heirens, the notorious "Lipstick Killer" who confessed to three murders on the North Side in the 1940s, has died.

Heirens, 83, was pronounced dead at 8:45 p.m. Monday at the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. He was the longest-serving inmate in Illinois history.

Officials at Dixon Correctional Center in Dixon found Heirens unresponsive in his cell and he was brought to the UIC Medical Center, a medical examiner’s spokeswoman said. An autopsy is scheduled for today.

Heirens was a 17-year-old college student when he confessed to killing two women in their homes and strangling 6-year-old Suzanne Degnan, whose body was dismembered and disposed of in the city's sewers.

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No tears here.