Overview
- Officer Paul Viduya Jr. was found in the grass near Charles Miller Road and McHenry Avenue and was pronounced dead at the scene after a motorcycle crash early Sunday morning at about 3:30 a.m.
- An autopsy completed Tuesday identified blunt force injury as the medical cause of death.
- Authorities say Viduya was off duty and his motorcycle was the only vehicle involved in the single-vehicle crash.
- The McHenry Police Department is leading the investigation and the coroner is performing toxicology tests that remain pending.
- The Mundelein Police Department has issued a public statement mourning his loss and said funeral arrangements will be announced when available, and officials caution that blunt force injury does not by itself explain what caused the crash.