Joliet Man's Car in Lily Cache Overnight: Cops
According to Plainfield Police, a relative last spoke with George C. Weathered Sunday night. His body was discovered Monday morning in a frozen creek.
A car found frozen in Lily Cache Creek Monday had likely been there overnight, Plainfield police said. Police got a 911 call around 7:10 a.m. from an employee at a Lily Cache Plaza business who spotted a gray Mercedes upside-down in the creek, just south of the bridge near Route 30 and I-55. The vehicle was discovered with a deceased male victim, later identified as George C. Weathered, 30, of Joliet, still inside. On Monday, Sgt. Mike Fisher said police were working to determine how long the car had been in the creek, saying the Mercedes was "completed frosted over" with ice when first responders arrived. Ice had also started to form in the creek, police said. "I can tell you it was there for an extended amount of time," Fisher said at …
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