Man gets 22 years in prison for 1977 murder of Homewood teen

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Jeri Hellstrom reacts outside courtroom after Fred Rogers pleaded guilty was sentenced 22 years for 1977 murder her brother Kenny

Jeri Hellstrom reacts outside the courtroom after Fred Rogers pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 22 years for the 1977 murder of her brother Kenny Hellstrom, at the Markham Courthouse in Markham, Illinois, Friday, June 15, 2012. Jeri has a tattoo on her arm in remembrance of her brother. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

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Kenny Hellstrom photo from the 1976 Homewood-Flossmoor yearbook. KHellstrom/photocx

Village Homewood Police Department mugshot Fred J. Rogers who pleaded guilty Friday murder Kenneth J. Hellstrom January 19 1977.

Village of Homewood Police Department mugshot of Fred J. Rogers, who pleaded guilty Friday to the murder of Kenneth J. Hellstrom on January 19, 1977.

Carol Hellstrom (center) mother murder Kenneth Hellstrom Jr. is comforted by family friend as she is escorted out March 2007

Carol Hellstrom, (center), mother of murder Kenneth Hellstrom Jr., is comforted by a family friend as she is escorted out of a March 2007 press conference about the arrest in the cold case murder of her son.

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1977 Homewood-Flossmoor High School yearbook photo of Fred J. Rogers, who pleaded guilty Friday to fatally stabbing Kenneth Hellstrom that year.

Carol Hellstrom mother murder victim Kenneth Hellstrom Jr. answers questions from medimembers about arrest cold case murder her sas other

Carol Hellstrom, mother of murder victim Kenneth Hellstrom Jr., answers questions from media members about the arrest in the cold case murder of her son, as other family members look on in March 2007.

Janice Rees other family members react outside court room after Fred Rogers pleaded guilty was sentenced 22 years for 1977

Janice Rees and other family members react outside the court room after Fred Rogers pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 22 years for the 1977 murder of Janice's brother Kenny Hellstrom at the Markham Courthouse in Markham, Illinois, Friday, June 15, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

More than 35 years after Kenny Hellstrom took his last breath as his mother cradled his bleeding body, a man admitted fatally stabbing the Homewood teen. Fred Rogers pleaded guilty Friday to killing Hellstrom near his house on Jan. 19, 1977. Judge Michele Simmons then …