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The setting sun illuminates the exterior of South Chicago Chapel in the 2900 block of East 95th Street on Aug. 7, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Years before corpses found at South Side funeral home, owners left decomposing bodies in van: police

August 17, 2026 at 7:12 p.m.

An Evergreen Park police officer was immediately suspicious when he found a running Chrysler minivan with two clearly decomposing corpses inside.

Officers investigate the South Chicago Chapel funeral home where 56 bodies were discovered on Aug. 6, 2026. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Missed opportunities, incomplete investigations preceded discovery of 56 bodies at funeral home

August 15, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The ongoing investigation into South Chicago Chapel is just the latest grim incident involving the so-called death care industry and highlights weaknesses within state law and enforcement.

People in hazmat suits work inside the South Chicago Chapel funeral home where dozens of bodies were found on Aug. 6, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

County officials have identified 11 of the 56 people whose remains were found at South Chicago Chapel

August 10, 2026 at 8:01 p.m.

The medical examiner's office is also storing another 56 sets of cremated remains found inside the funeral home along with the corpses while police locate next of kin.

Officers investigate the scene where two people were fatally shot at Mark Twain Elementary School on Aug. 10, 2026, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Two fatally shot at Mark Twain Elementary School: police

August 10, 2026 at 7:11 p.m.

A pair of custodians were fatally shot at Mark Twain Elementary School on the city's Southwest Side.

Workers remove bodies from the South Chicago Chapel in the South Deering neighborhood on Aug. 7, 2026. The remains of over 50 people were discovered the day before at the funeral home in the 2900 block of East 95th Street. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

‘I want to see some justice’: Families, officials call for change amid investigation into funeral home

August 7, 2026 at 7:22 p.m.

Authorities on Friday continued to investigate after the remains of more than 50 people were recovered Thursday at a South Deering funeral home on the city’s Southeast Side.

Workers transport a body at the scene where the remains of more than 50 people were discovered at a funeral home near the 2900 block of East 95th Street, Aug. 7, 2026, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

More than 50 decomposing bodies found in Southeast Side funeral home, officials say

August 7, 2026 at 10:22 a.m.

The remains of 57 people were recovered Thursday at a South Deering funeral home, according to multiple law enforcement sources.

Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart outside the Cook County Jail complex on April 4, 2023. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

ICE threatened Sheriff Tom Dart with criminal charges over access to inmates for immigration enforcement

August 6, 2026 at 3:53 p.m.

Federal authorities sent Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart subpoenas for inmates wanted for civil immigration enforcement along with letters that threatened criminal charges if the office didn't turn over the...

Photos of Sierra Evans adorn posters during a vigil in her memory in an alley near the 9500 block of South Avenue N, Oct. 2, 2024, in Chicago. Evans, 19, was found fatally shot in the alley on the morning of Sept. 28. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

‘Scary, stone-cold killer’: Man killed two young women a year apart, prosecutors say

August 5, 2026 at 3:09 p.m.

When police arrested 21-year-old Anthony Nunnally for carjacking in October, it had been about two days since 17-year-old Gabriella Arellano had been found shot to death in an East Side...

Eva Saltzman stands in downtown Chicago on July 31, 2026. She was fired from her job as a federal immigration judge. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Two more Chicago immigration judges fired as court becomes epicenter of removal orders

July 31, 2026 at 4:44 p.m.

Trump administration officials on Thursday fired two more judges at the Chicago Immigration Court, which has seen seismic changes since the president returned to office and recently become the national...

Danny Greer, left, Forest Park Mayor Rory Hoskins, Cordell Walls and Darren Eichler, right, hold a press conference in Forest Park, Oct. 13, 2025, after Greer, Walls and Eichler, all employees of Concordia Cemetery, were detained for hours by federal agents while on private property on Oct. 7, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Forest Park cemetery workers arrested during Operation Midway Blitz seek damages

July 29, 2026 at 5:08 p.m.

A pair of west suburban cemetery workers who were detained at the height of Operation Midway Blitz last fall have filed claims against the federal government, alleging they were arrested...

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