Innocent IWU alumnus formerly convicted of first-degree murder shares his story
NORMAL, Ill. - Twenty-two-year-old Illinois State University student Jennifer Lockmiller was found dead in her apartment in August of 1993. Alan Beaman was in his hometown of Rockford, IL. on the day of her murder. On Tuesday, Beaman came to Illinois State University to speak about his wrongful conviction of first-degree murder and how spending 13 years in prison changed his life. Beaman was getting ready to begin his senior […]