Man arrested for stealing Rockford funeral van with body inside
Investigators said 23-year-old Curtis Brown in is the man who took that van outside a Rockford funeral home back in January. A day later, the van was found but without the body.
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Investigators said 23-year-old Curtis Brown in is the man who took that van outside a Rockford funeral home back in January. A day later, the van was found but without the body.
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Deon Howard is wanted in the theft of a funeral home van that was driven from Rockford all the way to Chicago's South Side.
Deon Howard, 23, of Rockford, is now charged with unlawful corpse of a stolen vehicle and abuse of a corpse. But Howard has not been apprehended.
The van from Collins & Stone Funeral Home and the body of Curtis Brown were each found in different places on Chicago's South Side. CBS 2's Andrew Ramos reports.
Relatives of 47-year-old Curtis Brown are working with an out-of-state funeral home to have him returned to his family in Mississippi.
Rockford Police said the van was stolen on Saturday afternoon from Collins & Stone Funeral Home. The body was found Monday, and police are seeking a suspect.
The van was stolen in Rockford Saturday, but was found 97 miles away on Chicago's South Side a day later. The body was not found until Monday, as CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
The funeral home van was stolen in Rockford over the weekend and was found all the way in Chicago's Calumet Heights neighborhood. On Monday evening, the body that had been in the van was found in South Chicago. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
A funeral home van with a body still inside was stolen in Rockford over the weekend, and later found in Chicago's Calumet Heights neighborhood, although the body was no longer in the van. CBS 2's Andrew Ramos reports.
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