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Steve Mueller

Longtime Starved Rock Murders case follower and guest on "The Starved Rock Murders with Andy Hale" podcast, where he joined host Andy Hale and Dina Herkert to discuss the Chester Weger case.

Oct 8, 2026

47:34
Steve or Deanna, explain what the Harlan Warren notes were.
47:37
Oh, boy.
47:37
Uh, top of my head, uh, March 20th, there was a, a meeting held at his private office, and, uh, there's some handwritten notes, and I think there's about five points on there, and it's spot on with exactly, you know, how they're going to, uh, identify this person.
47:54
Um, uh, take him to a hotel or motel.
47:59
Um, take him down to the canyon to reenact the crime.
48:03
Take him to the justice of the peace or the police magistrate, who was Louis Goettsche or I forgot the other magistrate.
48:10
Sexton.
50:48
[laughs]
4:11
And then Steve, how did it, how did it get on your radar screen, and how did it come about with you?
4:16
Our stories are pretty much the same.
4:17
Yeah, I think, uh, the book came out in '82.
4:21
Uh, I read the book.
4:22
My parents were friends with Chester's parents.
4:26
They worked together at a motel where she was in housekeeping, and, uh, then she later went to the lodge.
4:32
And so he had a personal connection to the family.

5 MINS LATER

10:04
And Steve, tell me a little bit about, you know, what you've felt in talking to people, you know, uh, that you've come encountered with over the last couple years.

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