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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Murder-Suicide Case Closed in North Aurora

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 …

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Residents Grieve For 2 Dead in Murder-Suicide

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. …

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Police Investigate 'Murder-Suicide Attempt' on Route 31, Woman Found Stabbed to Death in Apartment

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-…

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