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Nov 30, 2007 6:58 am US/Central

Key Figure In Burge Investigation Dies

Alleged Torture Of Twice-Convicted Cop Killer Andrew Wilson Got Burge Fired

CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) ― A twice-convicted cop killer whose alleged torture at the hands of Jon Burge led to the notorious Chicago Police commander's 1993 firing has died in custody.

Andrew Wilson, 55, was sentenced in 1988 to life in prison without parole -- "a life without hope," a judge told him at the time.

He was serving his sentence at Menard Correctional Center, but died Nov. 19 at an outside hospital, where he had been for "quite some time," a prison spokesman said.

Wilson killed Chicago Police Officers William Fahey and Richard O'Brien during a traffic stop in 1982. He was convicted a year later but that was overturned. He was found guilty again in 1988.

Wilson contended his confession was coerced with electrical shocks, radiator burns and more. His case helped provoke probes into police torture during the Burge era.

A special prosecutor's 2006 report found that officers, including Burge, beat and shocked Wilson. But the statute of limitations had run out and charges weren't filed.

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