Homicide victim discovered in Rock River
The death of a Machesney Park woman whose body was found Nov. 9 in the Rock River south of Byron has been ruled a homicide.
According to a press release posted Tuesday on the Winnebago County Sheriff's Office's website, autopsy results showed that Katrina Smith, 30, died from blunt force trauma.
An off-duty Byron fireman who was fishing discovered Smith's body in the river about a mile south of Byron around 12:30 p.m. Friday and called 911. She had been missing since Oct. 22.
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