Illinois State Police Investigating Drowning in Rural Alexander County
July 7, 2026
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JULY 7, 2026
ALEXANDER COUNTY – The Alexander County Sheriff’s Office requested the Illinois State Police to investigate a death in rural Alexander County. On July 6, 2026, at approximately 4:30 p.m., an Alexander County Sheriff’s Office deputy responded to a report of a domestic battery in McLure, IL. When the deputy attempted to take the subject into custody, the subject fled. Deputies conducted a search and found the subject in a creek near Grapevine Trail and Levee Road. Emergency responders were unable to reach the subject before he drowned.
This is an active investigation and no additional information is available at this time.
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