The job of the coroner is to investigate deaths within the county and also to oversee the coroner’s office, which in Kane County has 12 employees, according to the office’s website.

And the office already communicates with police about suspected drug deaths, he said. Silva, of Aurora, has served on the Kane County Board and the Kane County Forest Preserve Commission for 14 years.

ELGIN, Ill. (WGN) — Hours after emergency crews pulled a vehicle from the Fox River connected to a 42-year-old cold case Tuesday, the Kane County Coroner’s Office (KCCO) said it found human ...

The Kane County coroner’s office announced Thursday night that the skeletal remains found inside a car removed this week from the Fox River belong to Karen Schepers, the 23-year-old Elgin woman ...

Hours after emergency crews pulled a vehicle from the Fox River connected to a 42-year-old cold case, the Kane County Coroner's Office (KCCO) said they found human remains inside the car.