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  • William Heirens, known as the 'Lipstick Killer,' dead

    03/06/2012 6:36:50 AM PST · by Borges · 17 replies
    Chicago Tribune ^ | 3/6/12 | William Lee
    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...