Dead Man Found In Car At Thorntons In Channahon

CHANNAHON, IL - When you're pumping fuel at the gas station, there's usually plenty of sights and sounds to take in. Other people are often coming and going from the business. On Thursday afternoon, a Thorntons gas station worker in Channahon made a grim discovery, finding a dead body inside a parked vehicle.

Deputy Police Chief Adam Bogart said that Channahon police officers responded to the call regarding the unresponsive male shortly before 4 p.m. The Thorntons gas station is near Route 6 and Interstate 55. A 54-year-old man from Indiana was found to be dead inside of a car, he said. "We don't believe there to be any foul play," Bogart said Friday morning.

Police believe the man may have been on the property for a day or day and a half. The man's body was turned over to the Will County Coroner's Office. WJOL reported the dead man is from Griffith, Indiana.

Meanwhile, the case is not closed. Channahon police are in the process of trying to determine "what led up to this gentleman's death," Bogart said. "We'll try to establish a time line."

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