On 01/04/22 at 7:51 p.m., City of Carbondale Police Officers responded to the 1100 block of East College Street in reference to a welfare check on a possible missing person. Officers checked the residence and found the resident deceased inside. The cause of death is not yet determined. The identity of the victim is being withheld at this time to ensure notifications can be made to family members. The investigation into the incident is active and ongoing.
Anyone with information about the incident is encouraged to contact the Carbondale Police Department at 618-457-3200 or Crime Stoppers at 618-549-COPS. Anonymous tips may also be made by selecting the “Crime Stoppers” tab located on the main page of this website. Please help yourself, along with your county, its communities and the university campus by using these numbers if you witness, or have any information pertaining to, a crime. Cash rewards for information which leads to an arrest are also made anonymously. Remember, crime doesn’t pay, but Crime Stoppers does!