PECATONICA, Ill. (AP) — Authorities in northern Illinois say they’ll use DNA testing to identify a charred body found outside a mobile home near Pecatonica.
Stephenson County Sheriff’s Lt. Richard Roodhouse says an autopsy wasn’t able to identify the body. Police believe it is a white or Hispanic woman between the ages of 15 and 20. The (Freeport) Journal-Standard reports that police say they’re treating the death as a homicide investigation.
The body was found Tuesday. Authorities believe it was behind a mobile home for up to 24 hours before the property own found it.
