Duane "DC" Meyer walks to his defense table on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, just minutes before jurors found him guilty of killing his ex-wife and 3-year-old son in 2016. (Earleen Hinton)A Stillman Valley man has been found guilty of killing his ex-wife in 2016 and then setting her Byron home on fire, killing their 3-year-old son who was asleep in his upstairs bedroom. Duane “DC” Meyer, 43, of Stillman Valley was found guilty of killing Maggie (Rosko) Meyer, 31, and their 3-year-old son, Amos, on Oct. 19, 2016. After deliberating well into Thursday evening, jurors found Meyer guilty of four counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated arson and one count of concealment of a homicidal death – all in connection with their deaths. After the verdicts were delivered, Meyer was remanded to the Ogle County Jail, where he has been held since his arrest Oct. 9, 2019.