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Accused body thief arrested | Murder victim IDed 43 years later | Kevin Fox, dad of Riley Fox, killed in crash

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2 Illinois Teens Die In Sledding Accident At Ski Resort

The two boys, who were on a spring break vacation, received immediate medical attention but couldn’t be revived and were pronounced dead at the scene, police said.>>>Read More.

Man Accused Of Stealing Funeral Home Van, Corpse Arrested

The 23-year-old is accused of stealing the funeral home van, left running with the keys in it, with a man's corpse inside before dumping the body in Chicago. Two months later, he was arrested in Wisconsin after the driver of the car he was in was pulled over for following a police car with the high beams on.>>Read More.

Kevin Fox, 46, Father Of Riley Fox, Dies In Head-On Crash

Wrongly accused and kept in jail for months in the slaying of his 3-year-old daughter, "Kevin was one of the most courageous clients I have ever had," Fox's wrongful conviction lawyer Kathleen Zellner wrote Joliet Patch's editor on Tuesday. "He will be remembered as the best father to his children anyone could have ever been. It is heartbreaking that he died so young.">>Read More.

Murder Victim From 1980 Identified Through Relative's DNA: Coroner

The man's body was found in a wooden crate at the Lockport locks power plant in July of 1980.>>>Read More.


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