ROCKFORD (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - Rockford Police have identified the man who, they say, stole a van with a body in the back from a funeral home and then dumped the body and abandoned the van in Chicago.
The man has been identified and charged, but he has not been located yet.
He’s 23-year-old Deon Howard, of Rockford.
He’s charged with possession of a stolen vehicle and abuse of a corpse.
Surveillance video from outside the Collins & Stone Funeral Home allegedly showing Howard’s face, was released by Rockford police following the theft of the van on Saturday.
The body that was in the van had been taken to the funeral home the day before.
The van was found in Chicago on Sunday.
The body was found on Monday, dumped in a South Side alley.
The dead man’s family said no one was notified that the body was missing until Monday.
They’re planning to sue the funeral home.
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