IL - Tanya Shannon reported missing after car accident that left husband dead

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Search to resume Monday for missing woman

The search will resume Monday for a 40-year-old Ransom woman who went missing in early December after a car crash killed her husband.

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Body found in LaSalle County search for woman
Searchers looking for a woman missing after an auto crash a month ago reportedly have found a body, but at this point there is no confirmation that it is that of the woman.
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Body found in LaSalle County during search
A body was found Monday morning during a search in LaSalle County for a missing woman from Ransom, Ill.
The body was found in a red dress in an open field. Authorities could not immediately confirm whether it was the body of Tanya Shannon, 40.
Shannon she disappeared nearly a month ago, following a car crash that killed her husband.
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The Sheriff is certain that the remains belong to Tanya Shannon.

Not only does the clothing match what she was last seen wearing, but her purse was found near the remains.

Source: WHBF.COM

 

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Missing womans body found
Authorities in LaSalle County said they've found the body of Tanya Shannon. The mother of four went missing early last month after a one-car crash that killed her husband.
The body, clad in what appeared to be a red dress, was found a short distance from the spot where Shannon's husband was found dead behind the wheel of their car.
"We have identified her as Tanya Shannon based on the physical description as well as the description of the clothing she was wearing the night that she disappeared," said LaSalle County Coroner Judy Bernard.
An autopsy will likely be performed Wednesday.

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Body of missing woman Tanya Shannon found in field
Police in Illinois have found the body of a woman who disappeared from the scene of a December 5 car crash that killed her husband.
Tanya Shannon, 40, apparently wandered off after her husband Dale Shannon crashed their car on Dec. 5. Her body was discovered Monday in an open field in Brookfield Township approximately three-quarters of a mile from the crash site, police said.
An autopsy has been scheduled for later this week.
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Body of missing woman found weeks after rural crash
For nearly a month, residents in the tiny town of Ransom have speculated about the disappearance of Tanya Shannon.
Early on the morning of Dec. 5, with temperatures in the single digits, the 40-year-old woman apparently walked away from a rural car crash that killed her husband, Dale. The only clues were a slipper found near the wreck and a footprint in the snow.
"There are car wrecks all the time. But the disappearance, that flabbergasted us," said Jerry Yedinak, who owns a bar in Ransom. "We wondered 'How could this be? What could have happened?'"
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Coroner: Cold exposer killed missing Illinois mom
A mother who was missing for weeks after fleeing a car crash that killed her husband in northern Illinois died from exposure to the cold.
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County emergency director explains search, rescue prodedures
La Salle County Emergency Management Agency director Mike Jobst offered some explanations regarding some unanswered questions involving the search effort for Tanya Shannon’s body.
Questions and criticism from laymen and bloggers have surfaced ever since the search for Shannon took place in late November. Some have expressed displeasure with apparently not being allowed to volunteer in the search while others have played “armchair quarterback” after her body was found.
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EMA chief: Trained volunteers were best for Shannon search
The decision to stick with trained volunteers in the search for the formerly missing Tanya Shannon is backed by Mike Jobst, coordinator of the county's Emergency Management Agency.
Jobst discussed the controversial decision during Monday's meeting of the La Salle County Board's Public Safety II Committee.
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Tanya Shannon had low alcohol level
Tanya Shannon, the Ransom woman who went missing following a single-car crash that killed her husband in early December, had a blood alcohol content of .053, well below the state's legal definition of intoxication of .08, according to a toxicology report released today.
The report, issued by the La Salle County Coroner's Office, also again confirmed the cause of death as exposure to cold temperatures.
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sad ...lonely... way to die... RIP TANYA

 

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Shannon benefit attracts hundreds to Ransom
In a show of community support, both financially and spiritually, hundreds of people attended a benefit Sunday for the children of a Ransom couple killed following a single-vehicle accident in Brookfield Township in December.
The benefit for Dale and Tanya Shannon's children was held at Jerry's Tap in the heart of the small village.
"There are not enough words to express our gratitude to the community for their outpouring of love and their continued support of these four girls," said Chadd Baker, who is the husband of Donna Baker, Dale's sister and now guardian of the Shannon children. "It makes us realize that we're not alone in the future of these kids' lives."
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Loss of sister still overwhelming
"I still freak out whenever I see a red Dodge Neon cruising on the streets."
Those were the words of Corinne Johnson of Ottawa as she recently reflected on the "30 days of pure torture" after her sister Tanya Shannon mysteriously "vanished" from a Brookfield Township car crash in the early hours of Dec. 5, 2010.
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