Illinois killer, 49, who shot dead his 60-year-old wife just after being released from prison for gunning down two pregnant women finally surrenders to cops after five months on the run

A Chicago man who served 30 years for nan cold-blooded execution of 2 pregnant women has been charged pinch murdering his woman conscionable weeks aft he was freed.

Joseph Wingard, 49, avoided a life condemnation because he was conscionable 17 erstwhile he gunned down April Fields, 22, and Shedrene D. Handy, 20, successful 1991.

He went connected nan tally successful June this twelvemonth aft nan assemblage of his woman Loné P Williams, 60, was recovered by her boy successful a excavation of humor astatine nan couple's location successful South Holland.

Williams' family paid an affectional tribute to their mother successful August and organization groups put up a $5,000 for his recapture.

Now he has been charged pinch first-degree execution aft he was arrested by constabulary astatine nan play aft 5 months connected nan run.

'It breaks my bosom because she cared a batch astir your family and you do that to my mom,' said girl Lone M Williams astatine a property convention successful August.

Fields was 7 months pregnant, and Handy 2 months pregnant, erstwhile Wingard gunned them down connected Super Bowl nighttime successful June 1991.

He was going retired pinch Fields' champion friend astatine nan clip and was angry astatine what he saw arsenic her interference successful their relationship.

After an statement pinch his woman he went to nan Calumet City flat wherever Fields lived and told her that his woman wanted to speak to her outside.

As she began stepping down nan stairs he changeable her successful nan backmost of nan caput pinch a handgun leaving her fatally wounded.

He past walked backmost up to Fields` apartment, wherever he saw Handy talking connected nan telephone pinch his girlfriend.

'I could show she was afraid, truthful I knew she knew I changeable her,' he told constabulary later. 'So I had to sprout her.'

He blasted Handy successful nan eye, past took $180 from Fields` car extracurricular earlier returning to nan flat for a 3rd clip and shooting Handy again.

He was charged pinch 2 counts of murder, 2 further counts of intentional homicide of unborn children and robbery earlier being sentenced successful 1994. 

While successful jailhouse he joined a pen pal tract for situation inmates successful which he described himself arsenic 'really a decent guy'. 'I americium conscionable looking to meet and shake hands a bully female, nary strings attached,' he said.

'I'm really a decent feline and it's difficult gathering personification who tin spot past nan condemnation and really meet nan person,' he continued.

Things are ne'er what they look connected nan surfice (sic) and wrong these walls a quality bosom thumps conscionable for illustration yours.'

Williams' family said they sewage 'bad vibes' from Wingard who they feared was financially exploiting nan religion adjunct aft she was granted a colony from a individual wounded lawsuit.

Daughter Loné said her relative spotted a car believed to beryllium Wingard's travel and spell from her driveway agelong aft her execution is thought to person taken place.

'The South Holland constabulary person confirmed that Joseph Wingard changeable Ms. Williams respective times and moved her deceased assemblage successful a chamber each while surviving location himself for respective days,' nan family said successful August.

'Joseph Wingard, you are a coward, who targets women and we will find you,' said Early Walker who helped raise nan $5,000 reward.

In 1991 Wingard flagged down a Chicago constabulary squad car connected nan South Side and surrendered, and he turned himself successful to constabulary again successful South Holland connected Saturday night.

'He had nary narration pinch this family,' said nan murdered woman's cousin, nan Rev D'Arcy Kent. 'When you woody pinch monsters, specified arsenic this guy, that happens.'