Thursday, January 24, 2013
Patch readers mourn the death of a man with struggles. He also leaves behind a daughter.
The death of a 43-year-old Geneva man whose body was found over the weekend is being considered a suicide, officials said. The Kane County Coroner's Office will conduct a toxicology report on the body of Casey Gemeny, the Kane County Chronicle reports. County Coroner Rob Russell told the Chronicle that he didn't know whether a full autopsy would be completed. Gemeny's body was discovered in a tree Saturday in the northeast part of the Kane County Events Center property, said Laurie Metanchuk, Community Affairs director for the Forest Preserve District of Kane County. The Kane County Forest Preserve police and the Kane County Sheriff's Office investigated Gemeny's death. Gemeny had a troubled past that included a dangerous, high-speed chase…
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Police name a 58-year-old resident as the suspect.
The investigation into an Oct. 29 murder-suicide that ended in the death of a man and woman on Route 31 is now closed, police said. Jon S. Neel was the suspect in the case, said Scott Buziecki, North Aurora deputy police chief. North Aurora police had no interaction with Neel prior to this incident. But on Oct. 29, officers were dispatched at 8:51 p.m. to Eden Supportive Living, 311 S. Lincolnway, for a suicidal resident who was threatening to jump from his third-floor apartment window. On-site security at the building identified the resident as Neel, 58. A 50-year-old woman who also had an apartment in the building was found that night stabbed, unresponsive and cold to the touch in Neel's apartment. Tomi Vandiver was pronounced dead at …
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Monday, November 26, 2012
The body could be this woman, who has been missing since May, officials said. Here are more details.
Editor's note: Here is an update to this story. Some skeletal remains and clothing found Nov. 23 in northwest Kane County might be tied to a missing person case, according to police. The remains and clothes were found in a heavily wooded area behind a home on the 1800 block of Cameron Drive in the village of Hampshire. The village’s police department contacted Kane County Sheriff’s deputies about the discovery on Nov. 23 at about 7:50 a.m., according to a press release. Sheriff’s detectives will compare dental records of the remains to those of Kathey Wilk, a 52-year-old woman from the 1700 block of Cameron Drive. Wilk was reported missing by her brother. Hampshire police began investigating her case on May 7. “The Wilk family has been …
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Dawn Brown was home alone at the time of the attack. Here are more details.
Editor's note: This story was updated Wednesday evening to include more information about why the Browns took in the dog. A 44-year-old firefighter from western Kane County died as a result of wounds sustained from a dog attack in her home, according to police. Dawn Brown was found dead Monday inside her home, located on the 400 block of Jefferson Street in Big Rock. The Kane County Coroner completed an autopsy and determined that Brown died of attack wounds from a mastiff, one of three dogs that she and her husband own. The Browns got the mastiff about a week ago from a family member, said Lt. Pat Gengler, Kane County Sheriff's Office spokesman. The dog does not have a history of aggression. "We really don’t know what prompted the attack …
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
The 44-year-old woman was found on Monday.
Update: The coroner's office determined that Brown died as a result of wounds sustained during a dog attack that occurred inside her home. A 44-year-old firefighter was found dead Monday inside her home in western Kane County, police announced. Kane County Sheriff’s Deputies and Big Rock EMS found Dawn Brown deceased inside her home, located in the village of Big Rock. Deputies were dispatched to the home at about 4:15 p.m. Monday, according to the Kane County Sheriff's Office. "Sheriff’s Office detectives are conducting a death investigation," a Sheriff's Office statement said. "However, no foul play is suspected." The Kane County Coroner’s Office will conduct an autopsy regarding this death. Brown was a full-time firefighter/paramedic …
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
The 58-year-old man who jumped out of a window Monday had passed an extensive background check, the building's director said.
The residents and staff members of a Route 31 apartment complex struggled to come to terms with the death of two residents after a murder-suicide there this week. Most of the Eden Supportive Living's 150-member community spoke with a counselor individually or in a group setting, said Barbara Lawrence, director of the apartment complex, on Wednesday. "We’re hanging in there," Lawrence said. "It’s a horrible tragedy, it’s affected everyone in the building." Police were called to the complex, 311 S. Lincolnway, Route 31 in North Aurora, on Monday night for a report of a suicidal resident. The resident, a 58-year-old man, jumped from his third-floor window. Inside his apartment police found Tomi Vandiver, 50, another resident of the complex. …
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
The woman had a romantic relationship with the man suspected in her death, who died after jumping out of a third-story window, police said. Here are the details.
Update: The director at Eden Supportive Living spoke about the two people involved in this incident. A 50-year-old woman was found dead Monday night in an apartment on Route 31, and the man suspected to be responsible for her death took his own life by jumping out of a window, police said. Police found Tomi Vandiver, of the 300 block of South Lincolnway (Route 31) in North Aurora, unresponsive in the 58-year-old man's apartment. She lived in the same building as the man. She was later pronounced dead at the scene, according to North Aurora police. Officers were dispatched at 8:51 p.m. Monday to Eden Supportive Living, 311 S. Lincolnway, for a suicidal resident who was threatening to jump from his third-floor window, police confirmed. On-…
Friday, October 19, 2012
The 53-year-old called police before the incident on Wednesday. Here's what happened.
A 53-year-old Geneva man is dead after he shot himself in a car parked at the Fabyan Forest Preserve on Wednesday, officials said. The man was in his car at about 8 a.m. in a parking lot at the Fabyan West Forest Preserve, 1925 S. Batavia Ave., Geneva. He contacted police before the shooting, said Laurie Metanchuk, director of Community Affairs for the Forest Preserve District of Kane County. "The (Kane County) Coroner's Office indicated that the person died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound," Metanchuk said. Residents on the nearby Fox River Trail saw police, yellow police tape and a Coroner's Office van in the forest preserve after the shooting occurred. Further information was not immediately available on this incident. This is the …
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012
A North Carolina man had cocaine, heroin and alcohol in his system when he died at the Kane County Fairgrounds in August, according to toxicology test results.
The Kane County Coroner’s Office ruled that a North Carolina man who died this summer while working for a circus at the Kane County Fairgrounds died as a result of multiple drug use. The official cause of death was listed as polypharmacy/accidental, and reflects that the death of Casey Dale Walker, 22, of Etowah, N.C., was an accidental death induced by the use of multiple drugs. The St. Charles Police Department, in a release, said that a toxicology report from the Illinois Crime Laboratory showed high traces of cocaine, heroin and alcohol in Walker’s system. The finding puts an end to speculation by PETA, an animal rights activist group, that Walker had been attacked and killed by an elephant performing with Piccadilly Circus. St. …
Monday, August 20, 2012
The Kane County Coroner's Office finds no discernible cause of death of the 22-year-old.
St. Charles police and the Kane County Coroner’s Office await toxicology test results as they investigate the death of a circus worker early Saturday, Aug. 18, at the Kane County Fairgrounds, 525 S. Randall Road, St. Charles. Authorities said St. Charles police and fire personnel were called to the fairgrounds at 3:50 a.m. After the man’s roommates found him slumped over the dresser in the bedroom of his trailer. The first officer arrived after his roommates had carried him outside and began CPR. Police identified the dead man as Casey Dale Walker, of the 400 block of Masterview Drive, Etowah, N.C. The police officer also began performing CPR, and St. Charles paramedics, who arrived a short time later, continued giving CPR while …
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Ray
12:06 pm on Monday, February 25, 2013
Okay. Susan get your facts straight! The dogs who killed the woman in California were Presa Canarios. Im not saying they are bad dogs but they tend to have a more aggressive temperment. Great guard/protective dog for singles, couples without children. You need to show your dominance with these dogs and display YOU ARE THE LEADER OF THE PACK! For the attack on this poor lady. It must be taken into… more ›