Date: Wednesday, November 22, 1995  
Source: By Leyla Kokmen, Tribune Staff Writer.   
Section: METRO CHICAGO  
Parts: 4  
Copyright Chicago Tribune

FINAL APPEALS DENIED, DELVECCHIO DIES BY INJECTION FOR '77 MURDER   

   Convicted murderer George DelVecchio became the fifth inmate in Illinois
to be put to death this year after he died by lethal injection early
Wednesday for the 1977 killing of a 6-year-old Northwest Side boy.

   DelVecchio, 47, was pronounced dead at 12:30 a.m. When asked if he wanted
to say any last word, witnesses at the Stateville Correctional Center near
Joliet heard him mumble several words and say the name of God.

   DelVecchio was convicted of killing Tony Canzoneri during a home invasion
and robbery of the boy's home.

   He was also convicted of sexually assaulting the boy's mother, whom he
knew.

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