Attorney for man charged in 1972 Chicago-area slaying of teen wants statements suppressed

@ap.news FILE – This booking photo provided by the Naperville, Ill., Police Dept. shows Barry Lee Whelpley. Terry Ekl, an attorney for Whelpley, a Minnesota man charged in the stabbing death of a 15-year-old suburban Chicago girl more than half a century ago, wants statements he made at Minnesota police station suppressed. Ekl argued in a recent defense motion the statements should be excluded because they occurred in continuation of a seven-hour interrogation that began at his home, the Arlington Heights Daily Herald reported Tuesday, June 6, 2023. (Naperville Police Department via AP, File)

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — An attorney for a Minnesota man charged in the stabbing death of a 15-year-old suburban Chicago girl more than half a century ago wants statements he made at a police station suppressed.

The Arlington Heights Daily Herald reported Tuesday that attorney Terry Ekl argued in a recent defense motion that statements Barry Whelpley made at the police station should be excluded because they occurred in a continuation of an interrogation that began at his home. A hearing on the motion is scheduled for Aug. 10.

The 78-year-old Whelpley is charged with first-degree murder and aggravated criminal sexual assault in the 1972 death of Julie Ann Hanson, of Naperville.

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