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TexasTowelie

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Mon Oct 10, 2016, 11:41 PM Oct 2016

What happened at Yorkville food pantry? Director dead, $200,000 missing

It has elements of a classic whodunit, semirural suburban county-style:

As much as $200,000 -- equal to almost 80 percent of its income in 2013 -- is missing from the Kendall County Food Pantry in Yorkville.

Its executive director resigned in June and died three weeks later from a mixture of prescription drugs. The investigation of her death, a coroner says, is hampered by the refusal of her husband to be interviewed.

The husband was the treasurer of the pantry. Serving with them on the board of directors? The Kendall County state's attorney.

Read more: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161010/news/161019967/

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What happened at Yorkville food pantry? Director dead, $200,000 missing (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2016 OP
If I were betting, I'd put book on "The husband was the treasurer of the pantry." nt MADem Oct 2016 #1
Yep Liberal_in_LA Oct 2016 #3
Denny Hastert's former district. HubertHeaver Oct 2016 #2

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