Carriers' tragedy
JOLIET - The three Herald News Carriers missing since Sunday were found dead inside their white minivan after it was pulled from the bottom of the Des Plaines River.
JOLIET - The three Herald News Carriers missing since Sunday were found dead inside their white minivan after it was pulled from the bottom of the Des Plaines River.
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A year ago today Wayne Bockhol waited in his home for word while divers less than half a mile away searched the dark waters of the Des Plaines River for his family.
A year ago today Wayne Bockhol waited in his home for word while divers less than half a mile away searched the dark waters of the Des Plaines River for his family.
Burglar shows no sympathy
JOLIET - One day after he buried his family, someone kicked in the front door of Wayne Bockhol's apartment and apparently tried to steal his wide-screen television.
JOLIET - One day after he buried his family, someone kicked in the front door of Wayne Bockhol's apartment and apparently tried to steal his wide-screen television.
Hundreds bid farewell to family of carriers
JOLIET - Friends and family gathered Tuesday to say goodbye to three members of the Bockhol family who vanished and were found dead last week in the Des Plaines River.
JOLIET - Friends and family gathered Tuesday to say goodbye to three members of the Bockhol family who vanished and were found dead last week in the Des Plaines River.
Bockhols remembered at memorial service
JOLIET - Friends, neighbors and family of the Bockhol family gathered Saturday at St. John's Catholic Church to remember three people who touched the lives of many.
JOLIET - Friends, neighbors and family of the Bockhol family gathered Saturday at St. John's Catholic Church to remember three people who touched the lives of many.
Brake failure blamed
JOLIET - Three Herald News carriers found dead at the bottom of the Des Plaines River in their minivan were the victims of bad fortune and worse brakes, a coroner's jury ruled at a Thursday afternoon inquest.
JOLIET - Three Herald News carriers found dead at the bottom of the Des Plaines River in their minivan were the victims of bad fortune and worse brakes, a coroner's jury ruled at a Thursday afternoon inquest.
Autopsy: Carriers drowned
JOLIET - The three Herald News carriers missing since Sunday were found - but their deaths and how they ended up at the bottom of the Des Plaines River remains a mystery.
JOLIET - The three Herald News carriers missing since Sunday were found - but their deaths and how they ended up at the bottom of the Des Plaines River remains a mystery.
Car plunged into the Des Plaines in March 1995
The last major search of the Des Plaines River was back in March 1995, when two men in their early 20s disappeared.
The last major search of the Des Plaines River was back in March 1995, when two men in their early 20s disappeared.
Loved ones offer Joliet man support
JOLIET - About a dozen people crowded into Wayne Bockhol's living room Wednesday afternoon, offering support to a man whose mother, sister and brother vanished without a trace four days earlier.
JOLIET - About a dozen people crowded into Wayne Bockhol's living room Wednesday afternoon, offering support to a man whose mother, sister and brother vanished without a trace four days earlier.
Search 'branching out'
JOLIET - Police took to the air again Wednesday, searching by plane for three Herald News carriers missing since early Sunday morning.
JOLIET - Police took to the air again Wednesday, searching by plane for three Herald News carriers missing since early Sunday morning.
