Overview
- A boater reported a body in the Fox River in St. Charles Township around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, prompting the Kane County Sheriff’s Office to open a death investigation.
- The Kane County Coroner’s Office performed an autopsy and identified the person as 41-year-old Amanda Flick of St. Charles, concluding the death was by drowning.
- Coroner officials said toxicology testing is still pending and investigators have not released additional details about injuries or circumstances.
- Local authorities handle recovery, forensic work and the ongoing probe, and they said they will provide more information as tests and the investigation proceed.
- Reporters note this case follows several recent recoveries from area waterways, including a late-June pull of a missing teen from the Fox River in Elgin, raising local concern about water-related deaths.