A man convicted of the 2008 murder of the gay owner of Lucca’s Restaurant in Lakeview, was sentenced to 60 years in prison Dec. 15, according to the Cook County state’s attorney’s office.
David Sidener of Evansville, Ind., was arrested in October 2008 for the murder of Randall Hilderbrand, who was discovered bound and beaten to death in the basement of Lucca’s Restaurant (now closed), 2834 N. Southport Ave. The restaurant had also been robbed.
Hilderbrand, 47, was an openly gay man. Police believed the two men were acquainted.
Sidener was found guilty of the murder earlier this year.