Overview
- A body found at the Derwen Mawr Nature Preserve in Lake Forest was identified as John Abendshien, 79.
- The Lake County Coroner scheduled an autopsy and said the death appears to be an isolated incident with no threat to the public.
- Lake Forest police and the coroner's office are investigating, and officials have not released a preliminary cause of death.
- Days before his death, an Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force probe based on cyber tips led to his arrest on seven felony counts of possessing child sexual abuse material.
- He was long known as the former owner of the Winnetka house used in the 1990 film 'Home Alone,' which he sold in 2012.