Lake Villa toddler drowns
A Lake Villa 3-year-old drowned Saturday night, police said in a news release.
Just before 9 p.m. Saturday, Lake Villa police officers and firefighters responded to a call of a drowning toddler on the 100 block of Balsam Avenue. The child was transported to an area hospital and was later pronounced dead, according to the news release.
The Lake County Major Crimes Task Force was requested to aid with the investigation, which remains ongoing.
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LAKE VILLA, Ill. (WLS) Lake Villa police said a preliminary investigation into the deaths of a 36-year-old man and 9-year-old girl has found the girl was killed by her father in a murder-suicide.
Lake Villa police said officers were sent to a home in the 100-block of Briar Ridge Lane Thursday afternoon to check on the well-being of a child. The girl s mother had called police to check on her daughter, who had been reported absent from school.
Police said the girl s mother and father are separated, and share custody of their daughter. Wednesday the mother agreed to let her daughter stay with her father overnight. When the girl did not go to school the next day, the mother tried to contact the father but was not successful.
Updated 1/29/2021 6:47 PM
Round Lake Park Police Chief George Filenko will retire Feb. 18 after 37 years in law enforcement.
Filenko, 64, became the chief of Round Lake Park s department in August 1999. While he was chief, he worked for Lake County s Major Crimes Task Force for 11 years and served as its commander for six, investigating more than 200 homicides during his tenure.
He grew up in Chicago s Humboldt Park neighborhood and worked part time as Hainesville s police chief before joining Round Lake Park as a part-time officer. He attended the Suburban Law Enforcement Academy at College of DuPage and rose through the ranks to eventually become Round Lake Park s chief.