Family of 1972 Naperville murder victim has 'closure' with suspect dead
JOLIET, Ill. -- Julie Ann Hanson was 15 years old when she was raped and murdered in Naperville in 1972.It was a cold case for 49 years. But three years ago, there was a break in the case that led to charges against a Minnesota welder named Barry Lee Whelpley. But before he could go to trial on those charges, Whelpley was found dead of natural causes in his jail cell just last month.Hanson's family has now spoken out for the very first time.
The family had no connection to Whelpley, who died of natural causes in February in the Will County Jail.'I couldn't believe it to begin with,' Steininger said, 'because we had just seen him, you know, a couple days before - and he looked good.'Three years after his arrest, the trial never began. This week, it formally ended.Steininger said the wheels of justice having moved so slowly was frustrating.'You kind of want things to be faster,' she said.
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