McHenry County Coroner

Authorities are still working to identify a person found dead inside a car after a car fire was extinguished near McHenry last week.

Suspected overdose deaths in McHenry County are about twice as high in 2024 so far than the median number from 2020 to 2023 in the same timeframe.

Two people who died in a house fire near Union Tuesday have been identified by the McHenry County Coroner's office.

Two adults, a cat and a dog died Tuesday morning in a house fire near Union, the Marengo Fire and Rescue Districts reports.

Trent Ullrich, a 14-year-old who died of an overdose, had fentanyl and xylazine in his system, the McHenry County Coroner said.

The McHenry County Coroner’s Office announced the 20-year-old Huntley man who was fatally struck by a car while working on a road in Huntley on Monday died from blunt head trauma.

Triple murder-suicide was the cause of deaths of a family of four who were found shot to death in their Crystal Lake-area home in August. A fifth person was also shot but survived.

Months after four people were found shot to death inside a Crystal Lake-area home, the coroner has released causes and manners of death.

The list of candidates for next year’s elections began to take shape this week. On the ballot next year are countywide offices, two county-level judicial vacancies and seats on the McHenry County Board and in the Illinois House and Congress.

Candidate filing has begun for the 2024 primary election, where several McHenry County seats - including state's attorney and board chair - are on the ballot.

A man found dead in his cell in the McHenry County jail this week has been identified as a McHenry man.

Officials believe Johnsburg man suffered a medical event while walking Tuesday morning

A motorcyclist killed on Saturday in a crash near Huntley was identified Wednesday as Daniel Ordoqui of Chicago, the McHenry County Coroner’s Office said.

McHenry County Coroner Michael Rein argued that deaths of McHenry County residents that occurred outside of the county or state should not be reported as a McHenry County death.

Two people were killed in a crash in Ringwood over the weekend