(WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A former Naperville man charged with the 1972 sexual assault and murder of a 15-year-old Naperville girl will remain locked up while awaiting trial.
Barry Whelpley, who's 78, has been held on $10 million dollars bond since 2021 when DNA led to his arrest for the alleged sexual assault and murder of Julie Ann Hanson.
She disappeared while riding a bike to her brother's baseball game and had been stabbed 36 times when her body was later found in a field.
When the charges were announced two years ago, then-Naperville Police Chief Robert Marshall said it was never a cold case.
The girl's picture was on their desks in investigations. "Our detectives were dillgent...relentless," he added.
Barry Whelpley's lawyer, Terry Ekl, argued that he should be freed under the SAFE-T Act. He argued that Whelpley is not a threat.
However, Assistant State's attorney Chris Koch said, "he's a risk to every underage girl out there."
Judge Dave Carlson rejected a motion for pre-trial release.
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