Durr was serving a life sentence plus 30 years at Pontiac Correctional Center in central Illinois.
CHICAGO -- Floyd Durr, the man who admitted to the 1998 rape and murder of 11-year-old Ryan Harris, a case which gained national attention when two boys were wrongly accused of the crime, died in prison on Monday.Durr was imprisoned at Pontiac Correctional Center in central Illinois serving a sentence of life in prison plus 30 years for raping and killing Ryan. An Illinois Department of Corrections spokesperson confirmed Durr died in prison on Monday.
Authorities originally said two boys, then 7 and 8, confessed to the murder, but testing on Ryan's clothing later showed the boys couldn't have been responsible.DNA evidence later linked Durr to the crime, and in 2006, he pleaded guilty. At the time, he was already serving a 125-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting other girls.Ryan's mother had sought the death penalty for Durr, but prosecutors said his IQ was too low for him to qualify for the execution.
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