Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Officials do not suspect foul play in the death of the 52-year-old.
The human remains found in northwest Kane County are indeed those of a 52-year-old woman reported missing earlier this year, police announced Monday afternoon. Kane County Sheriff’s detectives were able to positively identify the remains as those of Kathey Wilk, according to a Sheriff’s Office press release. “The cause of death is undetermined; however investigators do not suspect that foul play was involved in her death,” the release said. Wilk, a village of Hampshire resident, was reported missing by her brother. Hampshire Police located a note inside her residence when she was initially reported missing. Police found skeletal remains and clothing during a Nov. 23 search conducted as part of the missing person case. The discovery was …
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 …
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
The remains were discovered on Sunday afternoon, according to police.
On Sunday September 23, 2012 at about 4:47 p.m. officers from the West Chicago Police Department were notified by two individuals who were scavenging in the area of the 100 block of W. Washington Street in West Chicago that they found what appeared to be human remains. The individuals took officers back to the location where additional bones were found. The DuPage County Coroners Office confirmed that the skull and bones were human in nature and classified them as “historical." During the course of the investigation it was learned that the bones were accidentally excavated from an Aurora-area cemetery and inadvertently deposited in West Chicago. The DuPage County Coroners Office in cooperation with the West Chicago Police Department are …
Kelli Trejo
8:58 am on Tuesday, October 2, 2012
How in the world does someone "accidentally" excavate bones from a cemetery, much less "inadvertenly" deposit them in another city? That is just kooky. more ›