US EditionHomicide Investigation Underway After Woman Found Dead Inside Bar in Momence, Illinois
- On Monday, Kankakee County Sheriff's Office deputies found 30-year-old Courtney M. Drysdale dead inside her Momence bar and pronounced her dead at the scene.
- Evidence from the preliminary investigation prompted Kankakee County detectives to classify the death as a homicide, and on Tuesday authorities released images of a person of interest and a white BMW while the coroner began an autopsy.
- Anyone with tips is asked to call the sheriff's office or Crime Stoppers, which offers a $5,000 reward; Drysdale was believed to have just opened her bar at 11 a.m. when she was killed.
- Friends and coworkers said Drysdale leaves behind a fiancé and a school-age daughter, and the bar posted on social media Monday evening that it would be closed until further notice.
- With few public details released, investigators continue to probe the rural scene at The Line tavern, about 65 miles south of Chicago near the Illinois-Indiana state line, while authorities withhold evidence details.
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Pictures of 'person of interest' released, $5,000 reward offered after Momence bar owner, 30, killed
Courtney M. Drysdale, 30, was found dead at the bar just before noon Monday on Illinois 114 near the Illinois/Indiana state line, the Kankakee County sheriff's office said.
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