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Springfield attorney who prosecuted Timothy McVeigh case dead at 75
Dec. 24, 2025, 4:02 a.m. CT
SPRINGFIELD — Joseph Hartzler, who was an assistant U.S. attorney in Springfield when he was tabbed as the lead prosecutor in the Timothy McVeigh case, died in Chicago on Dec. 18, according to his family.
He was 75.
McVeigh was convicted of murder in the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in which 168 people died and scores were injured. At the time, the bombing was the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil.