William Heirens Archives - Chicago Reader

Guarding Grandpa

Illinois is spending money it doesn’t have to keep convicts who can barely walk behind bars.

Steve Hodel, the retired LA cop who pinned the Black Dahlia murder on his pop, believes he was also Chicago’s Lipstick Killer.

Why is William Heirens still in prison? How did he get there to begin with?

“Look at what he’s accomplished! He is a success of the correctional system. . . . He should be paraded as an example for others.”