Jul 9, 2008 12:47 pm US/Central
Suburban Murder Suspect Going Back To Illinois
Clarence Weber Jr. Waives Extradition From Indiana
CROWN POINT, Ind. (CBS) ―
Clarence Weber Jr. will be returned to Illinois later Wednesday to face murder charges in the death of his estranged wife in north suburban Lincolnshire.
Weber, arrested after a two-day manhunt in a Crown Point, Ind., subdivision Tuesday morning, waived extradition at a hearing in Lake County (Ind.) Superior Court and will be sent to to face charges in Lake County (Ill.) Circuit Court, according to Lake County (Ind.) Sheriff's Department spokesman Mike Higgins.
Weber, of Waukegan, had been held at the Lake County Jail in Crown Point since his arrest.
He is accused of stabbing and killing his wife, Adelina Weber, 31, in north suburban Lincolnshire.
After his wife died in the lobby of the Springhill Suites Marriott hotel in Lincolnshire, an intense manhunt for Weber began. He was finally found in Lowell, Ind., shortly after police found his rented car at the Flying J Truck Stop in Crown Point and spotted him on surveillance video.
Weber was found walking along a road Tuesday morning and apprehended. Police said Weber intended to walk all the way back to his home in Waukegan.
He has since been held jail in Indiana, and was to appear at 9 a.m. for an extradition hearing Wednesday in Crown Point.
On Saturday, Adelina Weber had just finished waiting tables at the Walker Bros. Pancake House in Lincolnshire when she was attacked.
She made it into the lobby of the hotel, where she collapsed. Hotel workers called 911 and provided first aid, said hotel general manager Mike Croke.
Court documents show Adelina Weber had filed for divorce from her husband June 30. She had been staying at her brother's home, according to her family and attorney. She obtained a court order of protection against her husband May 5.
Clarence Weber is also under investigation in connection with a fire set at the family home in Waukegan on May 7, which left him injured, but during which his wife was not home.
Department of Corrections records in Florida show Clarence Weber spent six years in prison there from 1989 to 1995 after he was convicted of attempting to murder his first wife. He also was convicted of kidnapping his 8-year-old daughter, aggravated assault, battery of a law enforcement official, arson, burglary, grand theft and resisting arrest in 1989.
The Associated Press and the STNG Wire contributed to this report.
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