Death

Alexa Balen, of Homer Glen, who faces felony charges in connection with her 2-year-old daughter's death, was denied pretrial release in a Will County court on Friday.

A federal lawsuit claims an asthmatic inmate at Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill died from the extreme negligence of staff after he was placed in a “dangerously hot cell.”

Edward Weiher, who has been charged with child endangerment in the death of his 2-year-old toddler, faced prior allegations of child neglect during his divorce from his ex-wife in 2023.

Forensic pathologist says Jackson Kradle, a teenager whose body was found in the early morning hours of July 28 on a highway north of Mount Carroll, died as the result of a motor vehicle-pedestrian crash.

Carroll County's sheriff is speaking out about how his office handled its investigation into death of Mount Carroll teen whose body was discovered by 2 off-duty sheriff's employees on a state highway in the middle of the night.

Jaedyn Hill was found dead in her apartment in Ashton.

A 35-year-old Wheaton woman has died from injuries she suffered in a two-vehicle crash in Naperville, police said Thursday.

A suspected human skull found on Monday in Bolingbrook will undergo forensic testing to determine the identity and gender of the remains.

David J. Sosa, 17. of Ashton is charged with four counts of first-degree murder in the strangulation death of his girlfriend, Jaedyn A. Hill, who turned 16 earlier this month.

Rochelle police were first to learn of the death Tuesday morning when a 17-year-old boy walked into that police department and said he was involved in a murder, according to a news release issued by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office.

Gregory A. McCallum, 65, was pronounced deceased at 3:53 a.m. Monday at the Brandon Road Quarry located in the 1400 Block of Brandon Road in Joliet Township, according to the Will County Coroner’s Office.

The death of a Morris woman whose body was found in August in a wooded area has been ruled a homicide.

Jasen Bell’s death is being investigated as a homicide, police say.

The body of Carter McGowan was found about 11 a.m. Tuesday in the 4300 block of North Route 2 – midway between Oregon and Byron – by an individual searching for fossils along the river, Ogle County Sheriff Brian VanVickle said.

A body was found in the Rock River around 11 a.m. Tuesday in the 4300 block of north Illinois Route 2, discovered by an individual searching for fossils along the river, Ogle County Sheriff Brian VanVickle says.

Joe Martin had served on the Sterling City Council as the city’s 4th Ward alderman since 1995, while also serving as vice mayor since 2007.

A Naperville man has been charged in Will County with the first-degree murder of his ex-wife, who suffered 30 to 35 stab wounds in the attack, prosecutors said.

Details regarding the death of a Crest Hill man have been sparse since it occurred on Sunday. But police officials revealed for the first time on Tuesday that his death was from a stabbing.

Cody Houlihan, 30, of Crest Hill, was identified as the homicide victim who died on Sunday in Crest Hill.

Joshua Doss, 45, of New Lenox, was pronounced dead after he was struck by a Metra train.

Crest Hill police were actively investigating a death on Sunday afternoon.

Michael R. VanOver, deputy chief coroner at the Will County Coroner’s Office, said in a news release on Sunday that Hargis died at 9:15 a.m. of “probable natural causes.”

At a public safety forum on Wednesday, Joliet's police chief said their investigation into deaths of bodies recovered from the Des Plaines River has not uncovered any evidence of foul play.

Forum on June 26 will include city plans for river safety and police reports on past deaths.

Melissa Aud-Headlee, 35, and mother of three children, was killed in Saturday - the day before Mother's Day - in front of her Joliet home by her estranged husband Michael “Mikey” Aud-Headlee, 32, of Carmi.

Kathleen Schultz loved covering the Sauk Valley, concentrating on courts and crime. One lawyer she covered called her "kind and compassionate, but tenacious and relentless."

At 11:10 a.m. Saturday, Joliet police responded to the 3400 block of Pandola Avenue after receiving a report of a female being stabbed in the street.

Elwood and county police are investigating the death of a man found with his car near the BNSF train yard on April 4.

Gary Freeman has pleaded not guilty to four counts of first-degree murder, one count of residential arson and one count of concealment of a homicide. He is charged in connection with the death of Devin K. Gibbons, 28, of Rochelle.

Crest Hill Police have reported that two people were killed in a car crash Saturday night. A search is underway for the driver, who fled the scene.

Under the proposed bill, a patient with six months or less to live could opt to take a prescribed medication to end his or her life. The proposed bill includes several requirements that must be met before a patient can obtain the medication.

Two killed in crash in Joliet

The lawsuit was filed by the parents of a 25-year-old man who was killed in a refinery explosion and fire in unincorporated Lemont last year. The lawsuit alleged industry safety standards were violated before the incident.

Neighbors say slaughter of seven on West Acres Road 'shocking' but 'you don't know anymore.'

The Will County Sheriff's police are investigating a suspicious death in unincorporated New Lenox after a woman reported her parents dead from gunshots.

Bernadette Quasie, 49, was found dead at 6 p.m. at a residence in the 6000 block of Langsford Lane, on the northwest side of Joliet, according to the Will County coroner’s office.

Crest Hill police currently believe the shooting is isolated.

Police said the deceased man has been identified as Raymond Reidl, 68, of Dixon.

President Joe Biden on Thursday night spoke with the father and uncle of 6-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume, a Muslim boy who was stabbed to death in an alleged hate crime attack against him and his mother inside their Plainfield Township home, the White House said.

The Channahon Police are working with representatives from Northfield and OSHA to investigate the workplace death of a Joliet man on Monday in Morris.

John Taylor, 41, of Bolingbrook, began to fight with physically with officers and paramedics and a taser was deployed, Bolingbrook police said.

Investigators used an excavator begin taking down a small portion of a three-story apartment on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, at 406 E. Third St. in Sterling. The building was destroyed by fire on July 7, 2023. A dog, handled by the state fire marshal's office and working with the ATF, then began sifting through debris Tuesday looking for answers as to why the building burned.

The investigation into a fatal July 7 apartment fire in Sterling continued Monday with the installation of a large MABAS tent in a parking lot across from the fire site.

The Tinley Park-Park District said their lifeguards initiated a water rescue Friday afternoon. Upon arrival, emergency authorities provided additional emergency assistance.

Two people were killed early Wednesday in a head-on collision on Interstate 55 in Wilmington, according to Illinois State Police.

A 20-year-old man was gunned down on Tuesday morning in Joliet, police said.

A 16-year-old boy drowned in Lake Louise on June 3 in what the Ogle County Sheriff’s Office called “a tragic accident.”

No preliminary cause of death for the couple found dead at the parking lot of Walmart in Lockport has yet been released. Police are leaning toward carbon monoxide poisoning as the possible cause of their deaths.

The two victims “appeared to be sleeping,” so police are investigating the possibility of their deaths caused by carbon monoxide poisoning, police said. However, they are not ruling out a possible drug overdose.

Western Springs President Alice Gallagher died on March 21.