{"id":3767,"date":"2026-01-29T19:09:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T19:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/?p=3767"},"modified":"2026-01-29T19:09:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T19:09:40","slug":"human-remains-found-under-kennedy-overpass-on-northwest-side-identified-nearly-14-years-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/?p=3767","title":{"rendered":"Human remains found under Kennedy overpass on Northwest Side identified nearly 14 years later"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Human remains that were found on the Northwest Side under the Interstate-94 overpass at Cicero Avenue in 2012 have been identified nearly 14 years later, Illinois state police announced Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>ISP special agents received a DNA sample from a possible relative for comparison purposes and testing from the Cook County medical examiner\u2019s office revealed the remains belonged to 64-year-old Ronald M. Risher, state police said. <\/p>\n<p>Risher\u2019s cause of death could not be determined due to decomposition but cold exposure was believed to be a contributing factor in his death, according to state police. <\/p>\n<p>On Feb. 18, 2012, a maintenance employee was doing work in the area when they discovered the remains, officials said. <\/p>\n<p>Foul play was not suspected in Risher\u2019s death. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/news\/2026\/01\/29\/human-remains-found-under-i-94-overpass-identified-nearly-14-years-later\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Human remains that were found on the Northwest Side under the Interstate-94 overpass at Cicero Avenue in 2012 have been identified nearly 14 years later, Illinois state police announced Thursday. ISP special agents received a DNA sample from a possible relative for comparison purposes and testing from the Cook County medical examiner\u2019s office revealed the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-usa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}