Duane "DC" Meyer is charged with killing Maggie (Rosko) Meyer, 31, and then setting her home on fire with their 3-year-old son inside in October 2016.

Duane C. Meyer, 43, is charged with killing Maggie (Rosko) Meyer, 31, in October 2016 and setting her home on fire. Their 3-year-old son, who was inside the Byron home, also died. 

Jurors on Tuesday watched Duane C. Meyer vehemently deny claims from investigators in a recorded, Oct. 28, 2016, interview that he was in Byron on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016 – the day before his ex-wife was found dead in her burned home and their son died as a result of the fire.

Duane Meyer, 43, of Stillman Valley, is charged with killing his ex-wife and then setting her home on fire with their 3-year-old son inside. The boy later died at a Rockford hospital.

State investigator said the burn pattern indicated the fire began on the sofa in the first-floor living room where Maggie Meyer's burned body was found.

Forensic pathologists say no soot was found in Maggie Meyers' throat or lungs, indicating she was dead when the fire broke out.

Duane "DC" Meyer is charged with four counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated arson and one count of concealment of a homicidal death in connection with an Oct. 19, 2016, Byron house fire in which his ex-wife was found dead.

Duane C. Meyer is charged with four counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated arson and one count of concealment of a homicidal death in connection with an Oct. 19, 2016, Byron house fire.

Duane Meyer, 43, is charged with four counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated arson and one count of concealment of a homicidal death in connection with an Oct. 19, 2016, Byron house fire.

After three days of jury selection, a total of eight jurors have so far been seated to decide the fate of a Stillman Valley man charged with killing his ex-wife in 2016 and setting her home on fire. Their 3-year-old son, who was inside the home, also died.

A Cary man has been charged in connection with setting the Round Lake area home where he rented garage space on fire, police said.

A Joliet man was sentenced to 23 years in prison after he was convicted of the 2019 first-degree murder of his grandmother by setting her home on fire. 

Duane Meyer, 43, is charged with four counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated arson and one count of concealment of a homicidal death in connection with an Oct. 19, 2016, Byron house fire.

Matthew L. Thoreson is charged with aggravated arson, a Class X felony, following a May 1 house fire in Oregon.

It will be at least another eight months before an Ogle County jury decides the fate of a Stillman Valley man who is charged with killing his ex-wife in 2016 and then setting her Byron home on fire, also resulting in the death of their 3-year-old son.

An arson attempt occurred Saturday at a Villa Park cannabis dispensary.

A Whiteside County judge has ruled that enough evidence exists to move forward with a criminal case that accuses a Sterling man of setting an October fire that destroyed a Galt home.

Woman was charged Dec. 1, 2023, with one count of arson, accused of setting a car on fire in Rock Falls.

The son of a Lockport Township Fire Protection District trustee has been charged with arson in connection with a fire that caused more than $150,000 in damage to a vacant home.

A Joliet man was arrested after he was accused of pouring gasoline on the floor of a basement and threatening to burn down a residence on Margaret Street.

Steven W. Coleman, 45, was sentenced Oct. 17 to three consecutive life sentences and another 105 years in prison for setting a fatal fire at the Western Apartments in Sterling. He was in court Thursday asking for that sentence to be reconsidered.

Duane Meyer, 42, is charged with four counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated arson and one count of concealment of a homicidal death in the 2016 deaths of Margaret “Maggie” (Rosko) Meyer, 31, and Amos Meyer, 3.

Steven Coleman was sentenced Oct. 17 to three consecutive life sentences and another 105 years in prison for fire that killed 3 at Sterling’s Western Apartments

A Crest Hill man has been charged with causing a fire that caused a residence in the 1400 block of Root Street to become uninhabitable.

Steven Coleman was sentenced Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, to three life sentences for setting a fire that killed Shyla Walker, Celina Serrano and Carrie Hose in 2020. Coleman refused to attend the sentencing hearing.

An attempted first-degree murder charge was filed against a Bolingbrook man accused of setting fire to a homeless man who later died from his injuries.

A man in Bolingbrook has died after he was allegedly set on fire by another man. The suspect was on pretrial release despite being charged with an offense eligible for detention under the SAFE-T Act.

A Bolingbrook man charged with setting a homeless man on fire had already been on pretrial release in another case where he’s charged with causing a fire at Little Caesars restaurant.

A Bolingbrook man has been charged with an arson on Wednesday that caused severe burns to a 35-year-old man.

Ogle County jury found Matthew Plote guilty in June of killing Melissa Lamesch and their full-term unborn son in November 2020

The trial of Steven W. Coleman continued in Whiteside County Court on Thursday, July 18, 2024. Coleman is accused of setting fire to a Sterling apartment complex in June 2020, resulting in the deaths of three people.

After Monday's jury selection, the trial of Steven W. Coleman is underway in Whiteside County. Coleman is accused of setting a fire to the Western Apartments in Sterling that killed three people in June 2020.

A Joliet man has been accused of igniting a fire on Feb. 19 at a motel that caused a 45-year-old man to suffer burns to his legs and right hand, police said.

A trial date has been set for a Sterling man accused of stabbing a Dixon man and a Sterling woman several times after setting fire to the home’s attached garage and forcing his way inside.

They include a jury trial set in a Sterling triple homicide/arson case and a March trial date set in connection with the death of a pregnant Mt. Morris woman.

A Rock Falls woman is charged with arson after prosecutors said she set a car on fire in Rock Falls.

A Chicago inmate serving 24 years for home invasion and residential burglary in Will County was charged Monday in Lee County Court with aggravated arson, accused of setting fire to a cell at the Dixon Correctional Center.

Federal prosecutors are fighting an elderly Prophetstown anti-abortion activist’s request to plead no contest to trying to burn down a Danville clinic where abortions will be performed.

Bond was set Thursday at $500,000 for an Addison man accused of setting fire to an acquaintance’s car that was parked just feet from an occupied apartment building, authorities said.

A 34-year-old Sterling man who turned himself in to police after a house fire Thursday was charged Friday with two counts of arson, Sterling police said in a news release.

Manuel Escamilla, 23, of Joliet, pleaded guilty on Thursday to the aggravated arson charge, according to the Will County State’s Attorney's Office.

Three arson charges were added Tuesday to those already faced by a Sterling man accused of stabbing two people multiple times on Dec. 10.

The families of one of the children and a woman who perished in the Western Apartments fire in Sterling two years ago are suing the owners of the building and the man accused of setting it ablaze.

A candlelight vigil will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday by the family of two children killed in a horrific arson fire in Sterling two years ago.

A Yorkville man has been accused of starting a fire in a Plano Walmart, before setting two buildings on fire in DeKalb and then leading police on a chase, where he was arrested on his way to Dixon.

Wheaton police are investigating an aggravated arson that reportedly occurred May 18.

Bond was set at $50,000 Jan. 7 for a Downers Grove man accused of setting fire to his house last month.

DeKalb fire crews responded Tuesday to reports of a substance being lit on fire in the third-floor hallway at an apartment building at 930 Greenbrier Road, a building that was the site of a suspected arson Thursday.