Police Investigating Death of Barrington Hills Man Found in Burning Car as Homicide

CHICAGO, IL - The death of a 43-year-old Barrington Hills man who was found dead in a burning car in Chicago in September is being investigated as a homicide.

No charges have been brought in connection with the death of James D. Gerage, whose body was found in the back seat of a car in the 600 block of West 21st Street on Sept. 23, Chicago police told the Daily Herald.

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Gerage was the co-owner of Omega Demolition Corp., which is based in Elgin, at the time of his death.

Earlier this month, Omega Demolition Corp. was fined over $150,000 after federal regulators determined a 40-ton “overstressed beam” that fell at a construction site on I-90 was to blame for killing a worker at the site this past spring.

Vincente Santoyo, 47, of Berwyn, was killed by the steel beam after it collapsed on April 5 at the construction site on I-90 over Touhy Avenue in Des Plaines.

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