Trial begins for Byron man accused of killing ex-wife and son in house fire
The trial of Duane Meyer began in Ogle County court on Tuesday, with prosecutors alleging Meyer killed his ex-wife and son in a Byron house fire in 2016.
A jury has reached a verdict in the high‑profile murder and arson trial of Duane Meyer, nearly ten years after a Byron mother and her young son were killed in a 2016 house fire on Silverthorne Drive.
OREGON, Ill. (WTVO) — The motion to move the murder trial of Duane Meyer, 42, who is accused of killing his ex-wife and son in a house fire in Byron in 2016, out of Ogle County has been denied. The motion was filed on Friday, January 10th. Meyer’s trial was…