William Heirens, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Convicted serial killer
Date of Birth: 15-Nov-1928
Place of Birth: Evanston, Illinois, United States
Date of Death: 05-Mar-2012
Profession: serial killer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About William Heirens
- William George Heirens (November 15, 1928 – March 5, 2012) was an American convicted serial killer who confessed to three murders in 1946.
- Heirens was called the Lipstick Killer after a notorious message scrawled in lipstick at a crime scene.
- At the time of his death, Heirens was reputedly Chicago's longest-serving prisoner, having spent 65 years in prison.He spent the later years of his sentence at the Dixon Correctional Center in Dixon, Illinois.
- Though he remained imprisoned until his death, Heirens had recanted his confession and claimed to be a victim of coercive interrogation and police brutality.Charles Einstein wrote a novel called The Bloody Spur about Heirens, published in 1953 which was adapted into the 1956 film While the City Sleeps by Fritz Lang. On March 5, 2012, Heirens died at the age of 83 at the UIC Medical Center from complications arising from diabetes.
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