Mark Alan Smith, 61, of Ripley, passed away March 4, 2023, following an extended illness. Mark was born Feb. 2, 1962, in Ripley, son of Donald “Bub” Smith and Judy Kent Smith.

Mark Alan Smith, who turns 75 later this month, will have a hearing before the Illinois Prisoner Review Board on July 3 to seek an early release from a 500-year sentence handed to him in 1971, a ...

The decision means Mark Alan Smith, 75, will continue serving the 500-year sentence handed to him in 1971, after he was convicted of killing two women in McHenry County and a third in Des Plaines.