Cold case cracked as Illinois suspect charged in brutal 1993 killing of mother found slain in field

More than 30 years after an Illinois mother was found beaten to death in a rural field, authorities on Tuesday announced murder charges against a 70-year-old suspect in a cold case that investigators said never stopped haunting the community or the victim’s family. Albert L. Zigler, 70, of Caseyville, Illinois, is charged with first-degree murder in connection with the 1993 killing of Randy Gail Sperino, 34. In 1993, Sperino was bludgeoned to death and her body was dumped in a field in unincorpo