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The Illinois Department of Corrections Pontiac Correctional Center is located in Pontiac. [40] Pontiac housed the male death row until 2003. Prior to the January 11, 2003 commutation of all death row sentences, male death row inmates were housed in Pontiac, Menard , and Tamms correctional centers. [ 41 ]
Larry William Eyler (December 21, 1952 – March 6, 1994) was an American serial killer who is believed to have murdered a minimum of twenty-one teenage boys and young men in a series of killings committed in the Midwest between 1982 and 1984. [6]
Krajcir was born Timothy Wayne McBride in West Mahanoy Township, Pennsylvania to Charles McBride and Fern Yost on November 28, 1944. [6] In 1945, when Timothy was around a year old, his father abandoned the family, leaving Yost to raise him on her own. [6]
He was an inmate at Pontiac Correctional Center, in Pontiac, Illinois. Sheley was also found guilty of first-degree murder in a Rock Island County court on May 29, 2014, for the four murders in Rock Falls. He was sentenced on August 11, 2014. [8] His wife, Holly Sheley, testified against him in exchange for immunity.
Pages in category "Pontiac, Illinois" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Jesse W. Fell (November 10, 1808 – February 25, 1887) [1] was an American businessman and landowner. He was instrumental in the founding of Illinois State University as well as Normal, Pontiac, Clinton, Towanda, Dwight, DeWitt County and Livingston County in Central Illinois.
The house is named for the owner that acquired it in 1899, Henry C. Jones. Jones was in the newspaper business but later founded and served as president of Pontiac Light, Heat and Power Company. Jones lived in the home until his death in 1921. After his death the home passed through members of the Jones family and it was damaged by fire in 1975.
People born in, from, or otherwise associated with Pontiac, Illinois Pages in category "People from Pontiac, Illinois" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.