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Speck murders linger in town twenty years on
Twenty years after the Speck nursing murders, grieving families recall the victims and the town's scars. Matusek and others describe monthly grief gatherings and ongoing stress as relatives recount washing hair and comforting daughters the night they were slain. Speck’s actions, trial notes, and later reflections by a jail psychiatrist frame a lingering memory of tragedy.
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Matusek
Bess
Schmale
Dorothy
Speck
New Orleans
Nina Jo Schmale
Patricia Ann Matusek
Mary Ann Jordan
Gloria Davy
Suzanne Farris
Pamela Wilkening
Merlita Gargullo
Valentina Pasion
Philippines
Corazon Amarao
Marvin Ziporyn
Cook County
University of Ilinois
Chicago
Murtaugh
Stateville
Nina Jo