Richard Langert and Nancy Bishop Langert of Winnetka, Illinois, on the
happy day in 1990 that they found out they were expecting their first
baby. Nancy's glow was only to last a few months, as their brutal killer
shot Richard execution style point blank in the back of his head with a
.357 magnum, and then turned the gun on Nancy who cowered in the corner of
her basement floor, begging for the life of her unborn child by holding
her arms over her pregnant belly, directly into which the killer fired. He
fled and left her there to die. Nancy's last act of life was to draw a
heart and a "u" in her own blood - her last act in life was to tell us she
loved us. Their killer was four weeks shy of his 17th birthday, at which
point he would be tried as an adult for all crimes in Illinois. He was
certified and tried as an adult, and duly sentenced to three life without
parole sentences that he is currently serving in the Illinois Department
of Corrections.
Young Ruben Pulido who was shot and killed alongside his
good friend, Mark Lopez in 2000. Both boys had been playing basketball in
their front yard and were sitting in the front porch in suburban Chicago. The parents of these
two fine young men were very proud of the fact that they were good and stayed
out of gangs and yet they were targeted by two killers who were simply looking
for someone to shoot. The 19 year-old killer ordered a 16 year-old to
"light them up." They both died with a single bullet each in their hearts.
One of the killers is a juvenile lifer.
