Lake and McHenry County Scanner
Providing breaking news as it happens in Lake & McHenry Counties in Illinois
A 48-year-old woman in the McHenry County Jail died after being transported to the hospital with abdominal pain late Tuesday evening. Jody T. Fortino, 48, of Spring Grove, was pronounced dead at 1 a.m. on Wednesday after being transported to…
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The Lake County Coroner found during an autopsy that there were no signs of trauma on the missing teen found dead in a pool behind a home in Waukegan. The Waukegan Police Department began the death investigation early Monday morning…
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The Lake County Coroner said that the body found in a pool behind a home in Waukegan on Monday has been identified as a missing 18-year-old. The Waukegan Police Department began the death investigation early Monday morning behind a house…
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Waukegan police are investigating after a body was found in a pool behind a home where a fire happened last month. The Waukegan Police Department began the death investigation early Monday morning behind a house at 1327 North Jackson Street….
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A preliminary autopsy on the woman found dead at a house in Algonquin on Friday revealed that she died from soot and smoke inhalation. According to the McHenry County Coroner’s Office, the Huntley Fire Protection District and the Algonquin Police…
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Authorities are investigating after a woman was found dead inside an Algonquin home where “extensive soot and smoke damage” was found on Friday. According to the McHenry County Coroner’s Office, the Huntley Fire Protection District and the Algonquin Police Department…
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The partner of a Cary man who was found unresponsive at the McHenry County Jail told the Northwest Herald that the man killed himself because he couldn’t keep up with the $20,000 a month child support payments. Thomas M. Doheny,…
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