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Inquests
Coroner’s Inquests are held every 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month on the 4th floor of the Law & Justice Center in the Court Room 4-C. On average, each case takes about one hour from beginning to end. The Coroner’s Inquest schedule is as follows:
Date and TimeInformationLocation
8/14/2008 12:00:00 AMNoneN/A
9/11/2008 12:00:00 AMTBDTBD
  
Manner of Death Determination
As is now permitted by 55 ILCS 5/3-3013, Coroner Beth Kimmerling has made the following manner of death determinations without a formal Inquest hearing, and therefore her ruling does not include any additional comments and/or recommendations:

NameDate of DeathSummaryManner of Death
Larry Brown 1/7/2007 Drug OverdoseAccident
Anthony Kessinger 1/15/2007 Gunshot WoundSuicide
Jeffrey Urban 1/21/2007 Drug OverdoseAccident
Tisha Ethington 1/23/2007 MVAAccident
Raymond Bohannon 1/29/2007 MVAAccident
Lena Murphy Phillips 2/13/2007 Stab WoundHomicide
William Jaco 2/25/2007 Drug OverdoseAccident
Margery Perkins 3/11/2007 FallAccident
Eric Iliff 3/13/2007 Shot Gun WoundSuicide
Aletha Mae Crump 3/17/2007 FallAccident
Russell Carroll 3/19/2007 Drug OverdoseAccident
Wallace Olson 3/21/2007 MVAAccident
Shirley Ashby 4/7/2007 FallAccident
LaVonne Peterson 4/8/2007 MVA FireAccident
Dorothy Charleton 4/18/2007 Stab WoundSuicide
James Brian Armstrong 5/8/2007 HangingSuicide
Randy Hewitt 5/8/2007 HangingSuicide
Charles G. Hanson 5/15/2007 Choking IncidentAccident
Robert A. Lagasse 5/17/2007 Drug OverdoseAccident
Carl Henry 5/21/2007 Drug OverdoseAccident
Trinh Vang Brooks 5/26/2007 HangingSuicide
Frank Ryan Penn 6/1/2007 HangingSuicide
William H. Daily 6/7/2007 MVANatural
Shawn Harper 6/8/2007 AsphyxiaSuicide
Constance Neeley 6/10/2007 MVAAccident
Velma Mae Yates 6/14/2007 DrowningAccident
John O. Ward 6/20/2007 MVAAccident
Kay LaCasa 6/24/2007 FallAccident
Charles L. Welch 7/3/2007 FallAccident
Christine Veselack 7/4/2007 MVAAccident
Ralph Kolbus 7/7/2007 MVAAccident
Timothy Johnson 7/19/2007 HangingSuicide
Elaine Gini Fleming 7/24/2007 DrowningAccident
Craig L. Cole 8/10/2007 Drug OverdoseSuicide
LaDonna Haynes 8/12/2007 Drug OverdoseAccident
Angela Welker 8/20/2007 Drug OverdoseAccident
Jason Yoder 8/22/2007 AsphyxiaSuicide
Martha Eileen Jones 8/23/2007 House FireAccident
Ian Schmitz 9/8/2007 Carbon Monoxide IntoxicationSuicide
Craig Covington 9/9/2007 Drug OverdoseAccident
Irene M. Smith 9/13/2007 FallAccident
James R. Kocar 9/21/2007 Drug OverdoseAccident
Steven F. Uphoff 10/23/2007 HangingSuicide
Ronald L. Carter 10/28/2007 Drug OverdoseAccident
Thomas J. Cahill 11/11/2007 FallAccident
Robert H. Brown 11/16/2007 FallAccident
Rosemary Munz 11/20/2007 FallAccident
Edward F. Hicks 11/27/2007 FallAccident
Timothy J. Brown 11/27/2007 Drug OverdoseAccident
Feng Xiao 12/8/2007 MVAAccident
Lazaro Flores Montano 12/10/2007 Cold ExposureAccident
Bruce E. Hindman 12/19/2007 Gunshot WoundSuicide
Bernice I. Bowden 12/27/2007 FallAccident
Karmon L. Cooper 1/4/2008 Drug OverdoseAccident
Geraldine M. Coffman 1/11/2008 FallAccident
Wava Sigler 1/15/2008 FallAccident
Leon Ray Schmucker 1/15/2008 Surgical MishapAccident
Zelma Detmers 1/17/2008 FallAccident
James A. McCoy 1/22/2008 MVAAccident
Adam Denzer 1/23/2008 Farm IncidentAccident
Calvin Walls 2/13/2008 Multiple Gunshot WoundsHomicide
David M. Walls 2/13/2008 Multiple Gunshot WoundsHomicide
James E. Rapp 2/25/2008 Multiple Gunshot WoundsSuicide
David L. Wood 3/3/2008 AsphyxiaSuicide
Eric Sizemore 3/13/2008 Drug OverdoseAccident
Larry C. Olmsted 3/18/2008 Drug OverdoseAccident
George P. Minar 3/19/2008 MVAAccident
Nicholas S. Reeves 3/22/2008 Thermal BurnsAccident
Brandy L. Hahn 3/22/2008 Drug OverdoseAccident
Alice Thacker 3/30/2008 FallAccident
Jane Bright 4/8/2008 FallAccident
Jacob L. Strehl 4/8/2008 Gunshot WoundSuicide
Robyn Lynn Arnold 4/12/2008 Gunshot WoundSuicide
Ryan T. Carr 4/18/2008 MVA Accident
Nancy Sprowls 4/21/2008 Carbon Monoxide IntoxicationSuicide
Lloyd Byron Welsh 5/2/2008 FallAccident
Genevieve Remsburg 5/2/2008 FallAccident
Lawrence Emch 5/15/2008 Drug OverdoseAccident
Richard Curry 5/22/2008 Intracerebral HemorrhageAccident
Ruth A. Robb 5/30/2008 FallAccident
Michael Featherly 6/12/2008 HangingSuicide
Patsy A. Reining 6/13/2008 FallAccident
Arthur C. Cox 6/19/2008 AspirationAccident
David L. Washington 6/21/2008 HangingSuicide
John J. Kollross 7/2/2008 HangingSuicide
Irene Nordine 7/14/2008 FallAccident
David Burns 7/31/2008 HangingSuicide
Lois Hair 8/4/2008 Surgical ComplicationsAccident

The manner of death determination takes into account the respective law enforcement agency’s report, the Coroner’s Office investigation, including toxicology and autopsy findings, as well as any supplemental reports.

If you have any questions and/or concerns regarding these completed death investigations, please contact the Coroner’s Office at (309) 888-5210.

Thank you.