The coroner has ruled the death of a Crystal Lake man, who was a convicted felon and being held in the McHenry County Jail on child pornography charges, a suicide after he was found dead in his cell in April. Andrew S. Ladd, 42, of the 100 block of Dole Avenue in Crystal Lake, was […]
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Man who shot, killed himself at nearby park prompts lockdown at Highland Park Hospital
A man who shot and killed himself at a park prompted a lockdown and search of Highland Park Hospital after there was a simultaneous report of a person with a gun in the area Monday afternoon. The Highland Park Police Department and Highland Park Fire Department responded around 2:40 p.m. Monday to the 700 block […]
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Coroner says body found in Wauconda cornfield ‘was likely a suicide’
The missing Buffalo Grove man found dead in a Wauconda cornfield on Monday is believed to have killed himself, the Lake County Coroner told Lake and McHenry County Scanner. Wauconda Chief of Police David Wermes told Lake and McHenry County Scanner on Tuesday that Paul T. Carr, 41, of Buffalo Grove, was found dead by […]
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Family in shock after 11-year-old McHenry girl kills herself
A McHenry family is in mourning after an 11-year-old girl was found dead after hanging herself last week. Police told the family they believe it was because she was bullied. Lilyana Isis Soto, 11, of McHenry, was found dead by her younger brother in the garage of her family’s home after she hung herself last […]
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Death of man in McHenry County Jail ruled a suicide
The death of the Cary man, who reportedly couldn’t keep up with $20,000 a month child support payments, at the McHenry County Jail in November has been ruled a suicide by the coroner. Thomas M. Doheny, 51, of Cary, was found unresponsive in a single occupant jail cell at the McHenry County Jail on November […]
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Man wanted for beating up wife hangs himself in Waukegan police lockup
A man wanted for beating his wife was arrested when he returned to their home, then killed himself by hanging in a jail cell at the Waukegan Police Department, police officials said. On Saturday at around 2:30 p.m. the Waukegan Police Department was called to the 1700 block of Kayla Lane in Waukegan for a […]
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Grayslake teen rescued from house fire also had gunshot wound; grandmother committed suicide on Thursday
The teenage boy who was rescued from a house fire in Grayslake on Tuesday suffered a gunshot wound to the head prior to the fire, police said. Police also said that the boy’s 65-year-old grandmother, Deborah St. Antione-Browne, who also lived in the house, killed herself on Thursday after being being interviewed by police. Firefighters […]