Paul Runge (serial killer)

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Paul Frederick Runge (born January 28, 1970) is an American serial killer, sex offender, and arsonist. He had been on parole for a rape he committed as a teenager when he murdered at least seven women and girls between 1995 and 1997 in northern Illinois. Initially sentenced to death, his sentence was commuted by Governor Pat Quinn in 2011, when capital punishment was abolished in the state.