Frank DeLuca, convicted along with Patricia Columbo in the murder of three of her family members, was 84.
Convicted killer Frank DeLuca, who was sentenced along with lover Patricia Columbo to more than 300 years in prison for the murders of Columbo's father, mother and brother in their Elk Grove Village home, died Wednesday at the Dixon Correctional Center.
"This brings some closure to this whole horrific incident and the trauma it caused the entire Elk Grove community," said Raymond Rose, a former Elk Grove Village deputy police chief who investigated the May 1976 triple homicide. It was one of the Northwest suburbs' grisliest crimes.DeLuca and Columbo were convicted of the shooting deaths of Columbo's parents, Frank and Mary, and the death of her 13-year-old brother Michael, who was stabbed 87 times with scissors.
Both Columbo and DeLuca have appeared before the Illinois Prisoner Review Board every three years in their bid for parole. DeLuca's next appearance was set for Feb. 2, said Rose.
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