Patrick Michael Reum, 28, of Rockford was pulled from the Rock River in Dixon. The most recent body discovery outside of Winnebago County occurred last week. The cause of death in all of the cases - except for that of Shaver, who was found to have died by drug overdose - have not been released or determined.
The April 17 discovery of a body in the 2700 block of Laude Drive in southeast Rockford. The March 31 discovery of human bones near Newburg and Mill roads near Cherry Valley. The March 23 discovery of skeletal remains, later identified as Wesley Shaver, 33, of Mendota, found in the 3600 block of Auburn Street in Rockford. The March 9 discovery of human bones near the U.S. The March 2 discovery of Michelle Arnold-Boesigner, 33, of Harvard, in a storage unit at U-Haul Self-storage in Roscoe. The five bodies found from March 2 to April 17 in Winnebago County are: "So, maybe the rest of the year we won't have any more. "We might average four a year," Hintz said. "There is nothing that I have seen that gives me reason to believe that we should be concerned."įive bodies found is unusually high for a two-month period. None of these cases have any relationship whatsoever," Hintz said. The unusually high body count fueled speculation on social media of an active serial killer, and posts on Reddit drew hundreds of comments and one on Tik Tok garnered nearly 400,000 likes and 8,500 comments.īut Winnebago County Coroner Bill Hintz shut down that speculation this week, saying there is no connection between the five bodies found between March 2 to April 17 in Winnebago County. More: Missing Rockford man found dead in Rock River in Lee County after months of search 
The cause of death has yet to be released or determined in five other cases, but foul play is not suspected. So far, authorities have determined one person died of an overdose, another by suicide and a third death led to homicide charges. The discovered remains, already more than the Winnebago County coroner's office would handle in a typical year, have investigators hustling to identify the bodies and determine causes of death.
ROCKFORD - Eight bodies have been found in Winnebago County and nearby communities in a span of roughly eight weeks, but authorities say the deaths have no connection.
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