March 29 (UPI) -- Thomas Kokoraleis, a convicted killer and reputed member of a gang responsible for as many as 20 deaths in the 1980s, was released from an Illinois prison on Friday.
Kokoraleis, 58, was released from state custody and left the Illinois River Correctional Center in Canton, Ill. He must register as a sex offender, and be placed on the state's killer registry.