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A third man had his murder charges dropped in the killing of two teenage girls in a 1995 gang-related attack on the Southwest Side.
After the Illinois Appellate Court ordered Wayne Antusas’ 54-year prison sentence be vacated Thursday, Cook County prosecutors dropped the charges against him, court records show.
Antusas had initially been sentenced to life in prison for the murders of Carrie Hovel and Helena Martin, both 13. But that sentence was reduced following a U.S. Supreme Court decision that banned life sentences for defendants who were sentenced as minors.
Antusas Thursday was ordered released from prison after prosecutors dropped the charges, according to court records.