When Kelly Drobney Weaver found out that the clemency request for her sister’s killer had been denied, she was overcome with both relief and gratitude.
From left, Kelly Weaver, her mother Cathy Drobney, and Kristin Ludwig formed a close relationship in the mid-1980s that took on a special urgency when Bridget Drobney's killer was granted a hearing for clemency.
Turner had originally been sentenced to death for the kidnapping, rape and fatal stabbing of the Downers Grove girl, who had been attending a wedding with family in Gillespie, Illinois, at the time she was kidnapped by him and two other men pretending to be police officers. Kelly Weaver of Yorkville and Kristin Ludwig of Aurora, who both experienced tremendous loss as young teens, developed a strong friendship in childhood that became especially important during a recent clemency hearing for the killer of Weaver's older sister in 1985.
“Kristen was and is incredible,” said Weaver of these efforts to keep some of the burden from her family. “I feel so blessed to have her as a friend.”The two developed a tight bond in their years going to high school in Downers Grove not only because they shared a similar sense of humor, but because both were struggling with profound loss while navigating adolescence.
Because of the efforts of so many people who knew and loved murder victim Bridget Drobney's family, the media turned out in droves for the January clemency hearing of her killer, Michael Turner. Quickly following were others from that large group of kids who always hung out at the Drobney house, including Kelly Andre, who gathered contact information for dozens of elected officials on both sides of the partisan aisle.
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