The coroner is seeking the community’s help in identifying a man who was found floating face down in Lake Michigan along the shoreline of a beach in Highland Park Friday evening. The Lake County Forest Preserves Police Department, Highland Park Police Department and Highland Park Fire Department responded around 6:08 p.m. Friday to Openlands Lakeshore Preserve […]
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Body of middle-aged man found floating face down along Lake Michigan shoreline in Highland Park
Police are investigating after the body of a middle-aged man was found floating face down in Lake Michigan along the shoreline of a beach in Highland Park Friday evening. The Lake County Forest Preserves Police Department, Highland Park Police Department and Highland Park Fire Department responded around 6:08 p.m. Friday to Openlands Lakeshore Preserve at […]
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‘Will be sorely missed’: Coroner identifies man found dead under ice on Wonder Lake after he went missing
The coroner has released the identity of a 50-year-old man whose body was found under the ice on Wonder Lake after he was reported missing on Saturday, with a friend saying he will be “sorely missed.” The Wonder Lake Police Department was requested around 2:55 p.m. Saturday by the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office to assist […]
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Police say body found in Wonder Lake is likely man who was reported missing from Wonder Lake home
Police said Monday they believe that the body found under the ice on Wonder Lake on Saturday was the same man who was reported missing from his home in Wonder Lake. The Wonder Lake Police Department was requested around 2:55 p.m. Saturday by the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office to assist in the search for a […]
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Body pulled from Wonder Lake as first responders searched for missing person in Wonder Lake
A body was found under the ice on Wonder Lake as officers and the fire department searched for a missing person in Wonder Lake Saturday afternoon, authorities said. The Wonder Lake Fire Protection District responded around 3:45 p.m. Saturday to the 5200 block of West Lake Shore Drive in Wonder Lake for a report of […]
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Kane County jury finds Pingree Grove man guilty of murdering, concealing body of Crystal Lake victim in 2024
A Kane County jury has found a Pingree Grove man guilty of murdering a Crystal Lake victim in 2024, then attempting to conceal the whereabouts of his body. Douglas Ottesen, 61, was found guilty Friday of first-degree murder, aggravated kidnapping, and concealment of a death for killing James Cromwell, 57, of Crystal Lake, court records […]
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Man charged with murder after allegedly stabbing young woman to death, dumping body in Lake County
A suspect has been arrested for murder after authorities say he lured a young woman to his home, stabbed her repeatedly, robbed her and dumped her body in a wooded area in Wadsworth. The Elmhurst Police Department responded around 4:35 a.m. Saturday to a 911 call for a report of a missing person, identified as […]
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Police investigation underway after body of young woman found dumped in Lake County
A police investigation is underway after the body of a woman in her 20s was found dumped in a wooded area in Wadsworth Sunday evening, authorities said. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office was working with the Elmhurst Police Department when investigators discovered a body near Delany Road and West Adams Road in Wadsworth. The Lake […]
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Life in prison for man who murdered, dismembered woman whose arm was found at Waukegan Beach
A judge has sentenced a man to life in prison after he was found guilty of murdering and dismembering a 19-year-old woman after a date in Wisconsin before her arm later washed up on the Waukegan Beach. The Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Sheriff’s Office said Sade Robinson, 19, was murdered and dismembered following a date she […]