Very sad! It still brings anger. Is Speck still alive? Or was he fried?
Richard Speck died in Stateville Prison in Joliet, Ill., on Nov. 6, 1991 of a heart attack at the age of 49.
If I remember correctly, he died unexpectedly of a heart attack in prison back in 1991. There was a bizarre film of him in prison just prior to his death; he appeared to be partying with some other inmate and he was bare chested in the film, mugging and laughing at the camera. The wierd part was the fact that he appeared to have developed women's breasts, so to speak. There was speculation he was taking female hormones or some such thing. A strange, freaky, perverted and twisted man. I do remember one of the dead student nurses father, Matuszek, swore he would never live to see another day if Speck got out of jail. He never did. The rest of the article does speak squarely as to the reaction in Chicago; the whole atmosphere changed, as if whatever innocence was left in Chicago, had truly gone. A bizarre occurence.
He didn't fry. He ran the prison he was in, dressed in drag and being waited on hand and foot like royalty until he died. It was sickening.
Well, you have 4 answers to your question so far. All the same. I think you may get a couple more before it's over.