Illinois killer, 49, who shot dead his 60-year-old wife just after being released from prison for gunning down two pregnant women finally surrenders to cops after five months on the run

A Chicago man who served nearly thirty years for the cold-blooded murder of two pregnant women has been charged with murdering his wife just weeks after he was freed.

Joseph Wingard, 49, avoided a life sentence because he was just 17 when he gunned down April Fields, 22, and Shedrene D. Handy, 20, in 1991.

He went on the run in June this year after the body of his wife Loné P Williams, 60, was found by her son in a pool of blood at the couple's home in South Holland.

Williams' family paid an emotional tribute to their mother in August and community groups put up a $5,000 for his recapture.

Now he has been charged with first degree murder after he was arrested by police at the weekend after five months on the run.

'It breaks my heart because she cared a lot about your family and you do that to my mom,' said daughter Lone M Williams at a press conference in August.

Fields was seven months pregnant, and Handy two months pregnant, when Wingard gunned them down on SuperBowl night in June 1991.

He was going out with Fields' best friend at the time and was angry at what he saw as her interference in their relationship, according to press reports at the time.

After an argument with his girlfriend he went to the Calumet City apartment where Fields lived and told her that his girlfriend wanted to speak to her outside.

As she began walking down the stairs he shot her in the back of the head with a handgun leaving her fatally wounded.

He then walked back up to Fields` apartment, where he saw Handy talking on the telephone with his girlfriend.

''I could tell she was afraid, so I knew she knew I shot her,' he told police later.

'So I had to shoot her.'

He blasted Handy in the eye, then took $180 from Fields` car outside before returning to the apartment for a third time and shooting Handy again.

He was charged with two counts of murder, two additional counts of intentional homicide of unborn children and robbery before being sentenced in 1994. 

While in jail he joined a pen pal site for prison inmates in which he described himself as 'really a decent guy'. 

'I am just looking to meet and greet a nice female, no strings attached,' he explained.

'I'm really a decent guy and it's hard meeting someone who can see past the conviction and actually meet the person,' he continued.

Things are never what they seem on the surfice (sic) and inside these walls a human heart beats just like yours.'

Williams' family said they got 'bad vibes' from Wingard who they feared was financially exploiting the church assistant after she was granted a settlement from a personal injury lawsuit.

Daughter Loné said her brother spotted a car believed to be Wingard's come and go from her driveway long after her murder is thought to have taken place.

'The South Holland police have confirmed that Joseph Wingard shot Ms. Williams several times and moved her deceased body in a bedroom all while living there himself for several days,' the family said in August.

'Joseph Wingard, you are a coward, who targets women and we will find you,' said Early Walker who helped raise the $5,000 reward.

In 1991 Wingard flagged down a Chicago police squad car on the South Side and surrendered, and he turned himself in to police again in South Holland on Saturday night.

'He had no relationship with this family,' said the murdered woman's cousin, the Rev D'Arcy Kent.

'When you deal with monsters, such as this guy, that happens.'