$11,000 Reward Offered in Beating Deaths of Elderly Mom, Son Near Sycamore

DEKALB COUNTY, IL - With the help of a private donation, DeKalb County Crime Stoppers is now offering an $11,000 reward for anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest and conviction in an unsolved double homicide.

Authorities are still searching for the killer, or killers, who they believe forced their home into a home near Sycamore and murdered Patricia A. Wilson, 85, and her son, Robert J. Wilson, 64. Police think the attacker then stole Patricia’s 2010 white four-door Chevrolet Impala and fled the scene.

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Patricia and Robert’s bodies were discovered Monday evening by a relative inside Patricia’s home at 16058 Old State Road near Sycamore. The mother and son died of blunt force trauma, the DeKalb County Coroner’s office ruled earlier this week.

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An intensive investigation has since been under way as 20 detectives from the DeKalb County Major Case Squad follow up on over 300 leads, DeKalb County Sheriff Roger Scott said in a news release Friday. On Friday, the sheriff’s office announced that, with the help of a private donation, DeKalb County Crime Stoppers would be offering an $11,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons involved in the double homicide.

Authorities are asking the public to keep an eye out for the stolen Chevrolet Impala, which has a license number of 903 0980.

Anyone with information can contact Crime Stoppers at 815-895-3272 or e-mail Crime Stoppers at crimestoppers@dekalbcounty.org or call the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office at 815-895-3272. Callers to Crime Stoppers do not have to give their name and can remain anonymous.

Funeral services are set for Monday for Patricia and Robert Wilson. A visitation will begin at 11 a.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 26555 Brickville Road in Sycamore, and a funeral service will start at 1 p.m. Both Patricia and Robert Wilson’s obituaries are posted online at Anderson Funeral Home Ltd.