Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Brett Straight was 10 days away from graduating from a Bible-based program in Aurora. His body was found on Monday near the Fox River in Batavia.
The 46-year-old man who was found dead in Batavia on Monday had spent all year turning his life around, an Aurora program director said on Tuesday. Brett C. Straight was a resident in the Master’s Touch Ministry program at Wayside Cross Ministries in Aurora. He had lived there since December 2011. “He was doing very well,” said Randy Tomassi, the program’s director. “He was sadly within 10 days of graduation.” Straight did not make a mandatory 9:30 p.m. bed check at Wayside Cross, 215 E. New York St., Aurora, on Sunday night. Tomassi wasn’t sure what happened to Straight until he saw the media reports Tuesday morning. Batavia Police identified Straight as the man that was found on Monday near the Fox River east of the trail and east of the…
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Trauma was observed in the area of the man's head, police said. Here is his identity.
Police on Tuesday identified the 46-year-old man who was found unconscious and not breathing Monday morning near the Fox River in Batavia. The man is Brett C. Straight of the 200 block of East New York Street in Aurora, according to a Batavia Police Department press release. Trauma was observed in the area of Straight's head, police said, but did not elaborate in the release. An autopsy on Straight's body has been completed by the Kane County Coroner's Office, but the cause and manner of death have yet to be determined pending autopsy and toxicology results. Straight was found by a resident late Monday morning on the shoreline of the Fox River in an area east of the 500 block of North Batavia Avenue, police said. A west-side portion of the…
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Monday, June 4, 2012
Police confirm on Monday that the body of a 46-year-old man was found east of the 500 block of North Batavia Avenue near the Fox River. He sustained injuries, officials said.
Editor's note: Police have identified the man who was found near the river. To read more about him, click here. Two police departments are cooperating in an investigation into the death of a man whose body was found Monday morning along the Fox River bank on Batavia's west side. A resident discovered the 46-year-old man in an area east of the 500 block of North Batavia Avenue, and east of the bike path along the west bank of the Fox River. Batavia Police and Fire personnel were dispatched to the area at 11:23 a.m. Monday, according to a Batavia Police Department press release. The man has tentatively been identified, but information about him was withheld Monday pending notification of his next of kin, police said. The man was unconscious …
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A portion of the Fox River Regional Trail in Batavia was closed for over 3.5 hours on Monday as police investigated the incident.
Editor's note: Police have identified the man who was found near the river. To read more about him, click here. Police confirmed Monday afternoon that a body was found that morning east of the Fox River Regional Trail on Batavia's west side. The body was found along the bank of the Fox River on Kane County Forest Preserve District property, officials said. A portion of the Fox River Regional Trail in Batavia was closed for over 3.5 hours on Monday as police investigated the incident and retrieved the body. The closure began about 50 feet south of the Fabyan Bridge on the west side of the Fox River, and ended at Houston and Water streets near the Batavia Depot Museum in downtown Batavia. Kane County Sheriff Pat Perez said his department …
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Martii Haase
10:46 am on Monday, June 11, 2012
Brett's services were privately held, just as he would have wanted. Thanks to everyone for your thoughts and prayers for my family. more ›