One of Chicago’s most infamous killers has died in prison, aged 83 on March 5.
William Heirens was arrested in 1946 and confessed to the murders of three females, including a six-year-old.
Heirens, then-17, was dubbed the “Lipstick Killer” after investigators found a message on a mirror with lipstick at one of the women’s homes that read: “For heaven’s sake, catch me before I kill more. I cannot control myself.”
FBI profiler Rober K Ressler writes about Heirens and delves into a criminal profile of the teen killer in his book Whoever Fights Monsters.
Read more about Heirens at the Charlotte Observer.
Took him long enough.