The coroner says that the 52-year-old woman who went missing in Algonquin and was found in the Fox River on Monday is believed to have died as a result of drowning. The Kane County Coroner’s Office said they were called around 8:50 a.m. Monday to the area of Bolz Road and Williams Road in Carpentersville. […]
Tag: body recovered
Posted inLocal News
Coroner positively identifies body found in Fox River as woman who went missing from Jewel-Osco in Algonquin
The coroner’s office said they have positively identified the body recovered from the Fox River in Carpentersville Monday as the 52-year-old woman who went missing in Algonquin. The Kane County Coroner’s Office said they were called around 8:50 a.m. Monday to the area of Bolz Road and Williams Road in Carpentersville. The Carpentersville police and […]
Posted inLocal News
Body found in Fox River fits description of missing Algonquin woman, police say
Police officials say a body was found Monday morning in the Fox River in Carpentersville and that it fits the description of the missing Algonquin woman. The Algonquin Police Department said Sunday afternoon they were seeking assistance in locating 52-year-old Kimberly Koerner. Algonquin Police Department Detective Sergeant Robert Salazar said Koerner was last seen around […]
Posted inLocal News
Chicago man charged with murdering his pregnant girlfriend after her body was found in Lake Michigan near Waukegan
A Chicago man has been charged with stabbing his 19-year-old pregnant girlfriend to death in Chicago and apparently dumping her body in Lake Michigan, where it was later located near Waukegan this summer. Robert Drummond, 21, of the 4300 block of South Berkeley Avenue in Chicago, was charged with first-degree murder, according to the Lake […]
Posted inLocal News
Police speaking to person of interest in the murder of 19-year-old pregnant woman found in Lake Michigan
Chicago police say they are talking to a “person of interest” in the murder of a 19-year-old pregnant woman whose body was found in Lake Michigan near Waukegan last month. The Chicago Sun-Times, citing a Chicago Police Department spokesperson, reported Friday morning that a person of interest was being interviewed by Chicago police in connection […]
Posted inLocal News
Coroner’s office confirms ‘Lake Michigan Jane Doe’ was missing pregnant 19-year-old from Chicago
The coroner’s office has confirmed the identity of the ‘Lake Michigan Jane Doe’ found near Waukegan as a missing 19-year-old pregnant woman from Chicago. Her death is considered a homicide. A forensic odontologist with the Lake County Coroner’s Office confirmed the woman is Yarianna G. Wheeler, 19, of Chicago, following a dental records comparison with […]
Posted inLocal News
Police say pregnant woman found dead in Lake Michigan near Waukegan was murdered
A 19-year-old pregnant woman found dead in Lake Michigan near Waukegan earlier this month is believed to have been murdered, detectives said. “Due to the diligence of Lake County and surrounding area residents, sheriff’s detectives received dozens of tips as to the possible identity of ‘Lake Michigan Jane Doe,’” Lake County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Lt. […]
Posted inLocal News
Teens find body in ‘advanced stages of decomposition’ in field near Wauconda
Detectives are investigating after three teens came across a body in ‘advanced stages of decomposition’ in a field in unincorporated Wauconda Friday afternoon. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded around 4 p.m. Friday to the 25200 block of West Old Rand Road in unincorporated Wauconda for a report of a found body call. Lake County […]
Posted inLocal News
Body recovered from retention pond in Zion
A man’s body was recovered from a retention pond at a Zion apartment complex Monday morning, police said. The Zion Police Department was called at 11:30 a.m. Monday to the Woodstone Village Apartments, 1501 Lorelei Drive. Maintenance workers called 911 after spotting a body in the pond, police said. The Zion Fire/Rescue Department and the […]