Crime & Safety
Human Remains Found Near Stevenson Expressway
State police say they are investigating after human remains were found near the Stevenson Expressway Tuesday in Hodgkins.
Updated at 3 p.m.
It's not geographically close to Geneva, but it's news Genevans might find interesting, especially if you travel on I-55.
State police are investigating today (Wednesday, April 11) a case involving human remains found near the Stevenson Expressway (I-55) and La Grange Road by a telecommunications technician at about 2:40 p.m. on Tuesday.
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A spokesman for the department said the technician found skeletal remains on the south side of the expressway in Hodgkins in a grassy area that runs along I-55 behind a fence near La Grange Road.
"They are human [remains], but that's all I can tell you," said Tony Brucci, a spokesman for the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office. "We don't know the sex yet."
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According to Brucci, an autopsy today was inconclusive and the remains will need to be studied further by a forensic anthropologist. Brucci said it would likely take a few weeks for more information to become available.
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