Body taken with stolen funeral home van found in Chicago
PROTECTED CONTENT
If you’re a current subscriber, log in below. If you would like to subscribe, please click the subscribe tab above.
Username and Password Help
Please enter your email and we will send your username and password to you.
CHICAGO (AP) — Police say a man’s remains have been recovered in Chicago, two days after they were in a van stolen from a funeral home in Rockford. Police say the remains were recovered Monday evening on Chicago’s South Side. Police say someone took the van Saturday from a funeral home in Rockford. The man’s body was inside the van at the time. Police say the van was found Sunday in Chicago, but the man’s remains were not inside. Rockford is about 90 miles northwest of Chicago. Anyone with information is asked to contact Rockford police.
The remains were recovered Monday evening on Chicago’s South Side, Rockford police said on Twitter.
Someone took the van Saturday from a funeral home in Rockford, police said. The man’s body was inside the van at the time.
The van was found Sunday in Chicago but the man’s remains were not inside, police said. Rockford is about 90 miles (144.8 kilometers) northwest of Chicago.
Authorities released a photo of a suspect Monday. Anyone with information was asked to contact Rockford police.
