The coroner has ruled the cause of death as “undetermined” for a McHenry County Jail inmate, who was found unresponsive and died with a brain injury last year. McHenry County Coroner Dr. Michael Rein released the final death certificate results on Friday for 31-year-old Colton Sabo. Sabo was found unresponsive in his cell at the […]
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Coroner says 20-year-old utility worker died of head trauma after being struck by car in Huntley
The coroner said an autopsy showed the 20-year-old man struck by a vehicle while performing utility work along the roadway in Huntley died as a result of head trauma. Joseph Zephries, 20, who was working with USIC, was struck by a vehicle Monday afternoon while completing work along the roadway in the area of Main […]
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Coroner releases autopsy results after missing teenager Brissa Romero found in Vernon Hills pond
The coroner says preliminary autopsy results showed missing 17-year-old Brissa Romero died from drowning after the girl and her car were found in a pond in Vernon Hills. Lake County Coroner Jennifer Banek said that an autopsy was performed Wednesday morning on Romero. The preliminary autopsy results showed Romero’s death was consistent with drowning, Banek […]
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‘Doing one of the things he loved most’: Family remembers Lake Villa hunter who drowned on Fourth Lake
The family of a 60-year-old man, who went missing while hunting on Fourth Lake before being found dead, says the man had just celebrated his 30th wedding anniversary and was recently retired. Preliminary autopsy results showed Patrick R. Serzynski, 60, of Lake Villa, died as a result of drowning, according to Lake County Coroner Jennifer […]
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Coroner positively identifies body recovered as Lake Villa hunter who went missing on Fourth Lake
The coroner has positively identified a body recovered Saturday as the 60-year-old man who went missing while hunting on Fourth Lake in unincorporated Lake Villa. Preliminary autopsy results showed Patrick R. Serzynski, 60, of Lake Villa, died as a result of drowning, according to Lake County Coroner Jennifer Banek. Serzynski was reported missing around 1:30 […]
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Coroner rules cause of death for 28-year-old man who went missing in McHenry, was found along Fox River
The coroner has ruled that a 28-year-old man whose body was found along the Fox River after disappearing from McHenry in May died as a result of drowning, but his manner of death is unknown. Gustavo Guzman-Perez, 28, of McHenry, was found around 3:15 p.m. on May 3 in the 2000 block of South Fernwood […]
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Coroner rules U.S. Navy sailor’s manner of death ‘undetermined’ after body found in Lake Michigan near Waukegan
The coroner has ruled U.S. Navy sailor Seamus Gray’s manner of death as undetermined after he went missing in Waukegan and his body was found in Lake Michigan. The Lake County Coroner’s Office told Lake and McHenry County Scanner Friday morning they have concluded their investigation into the death of 21-year-old Seamus Gray. The coroner’s […]
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Manner of death pending following autopsy on 28-year-old missing man found dead near McHenry
A manner of death remains undetermined pending toxicology results following an autopsy on the 28-year-old man who went missing in McHenry and was found dead. The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office and McHenry Township Fire Protection District responded around 3:15 p.m. Wednesday to the 2000 block of South Fernwood Lane in unincorporated McHenry. McHenry Deputy Police […]
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‘Sadness and pain’: Waukegan mayor reacts after body of missing U.S. Navy sailor found in Lake Michigan
The Waukegan mayor said she cannot “begin to imagine feeling the sadness and pain” that the family of Seamus Gray is experiencing after the missing U.S. Navy sailor was found dead Wednesday. Waukegan Deputy Police Chief Scott Chastain said officers were on a traffic stop around 7:08 p.m. Wednesday near the Waukegan Harbor when ComEd […]