2023-01-25 23:26:41
Charges Filed in Stolen Rockford Funeral Home Van Case
ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) A 23-year-old Rockford man has been charged with abuse of a corpse for stealing a funeral home van containing a body that was later dumped in Chicago, authorities said Wednesday.
The man, who remained at large Wednesday, also faces a charge of unlawful possession of a stolen vehicle.
The van belonging to Collins & Stone Funeral Home was stolen from outside the Rockford business Saturday. Chicago police found it Sunday without the body inside.
The body of 47-year-old Curtis Brown that had been in the van was recovered Monday evening behind a vacant home on Chicagos South Side, Rockford police said.
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