CHICAGO (CBS) — Police in west suburban Lyons are conducting a murder investigation, after two brothers revealed they buried their mom and sister of their yard.
CBS 2’s Mugo Odigwe experiences the Village of Lyons Water Division known as police simply after 11:30 a.m. Thursday for a well-being verify, as a result of two brothers who stay within the 3900 block of Heart Ave haven’t used water for greater than a 12 months.
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Lyons police are out at this residence. Police say the brothers who stay there instructed them their mother and sister are buried within the yard.
Investigators might be out right here taking pics & movies of the land right now. Excavation begins tomorrow. @cbschicago pic.twitter.com/m3BjVJVrwV
— Mugo Odigwe (@MugoOdigwe) August 27, 2021
When officers arrived, they requested the older brother the place his mom and sister have been, as a result of neighbors instructed police a mom and sister as soon as lived in the home, however they hadn’t seen them.
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That brother instructed police his sister, who he claims was mentally in poor health, pushed their mom down the steps in 2015, and someday after that, his mom had a stroke and died.
The brothers buried her within the yard.
Then in 2019, that brother mentioned his mom acquired sick and died. She additionally was buried within the yard.
Police mentioned they’re treating this as a murder, however the brothers haven’t been charged or arrested till they know for positive a criminal offense was dedicated.
“It’s a felony to hide a loss of life within the state of Illinois, and it’s a category 3 felony I consider to hide a murder if it’s decided to be a murder,” Lyons Police Chief Thomas Heroin mentioned. “Until we discover the mom or the sister or some kind of deceased physique within the yard, these people are free to go. As quickly as we discover a physique, they’ll be taken into custody.”
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Investigators are taking photos and video as they survey the house. They mentioned they gained’t begin digging by means of the yard till Saturday morning.
