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Marshall
Homicide Investigation Moves to Indianapolis
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[March 11, 2008]
EFFINGHAM --
On Jan. 25 at approximately 9:45 a.m., the Marshall Police
Department received a call about a body discovered in a dumpster in
the 200 block of Walnut Street outside of the Cherry Street
Apartments in Marshall. Over the following weeks, Illinois State
Police Zone 7 in Effingham released an artist's sketch of the victim
to hundreds of law enforcement agencies, the Mexican Consulate in
Indianapolis, Ind., and various media outlets in Illinois, Missouri
and Indiana in an attempt to identify the victim.
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 On Feb. 28 at 4:30 p.m., Zone 7 was contacted by
the Mexican Consulate in Indianapolis regarding the possible
identity of the Marshall homicide victim. Family members of the
victim contacted the consulate after their brother had been missing
for several weeks. Consulate personnel showed the artist's sketch to
family members, who believed the sketch was that of their missing
brother.On Feb. 29, positive identification was made by the
victim's family members and through fingerprint comparison by the
Illinois State Police Forensic Science Center in Carbondale,
identifying the victim as Leon Remigio-Becerril, 26, of
Indianapolis. ISP Zone 7 has been working with Indiana law
enforcement authorities on the homicide investigation.
On March 3 and 5, Illinois State Police investigators traveled to
Indianapolis and teamed up with Indianapolis Metropolitan Police
Department investigators. A search warrant was subsequently executed
at the residence of Leon Remigio-Becerril in Indianapolis. Evidence
of a crime scene was discovered and collected by Indianapolis Police
Department crime scene personnel for further laboratory testing and
examination.
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The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department's Homicide Division
is now the lead agency into the investigation.
The Illinois State Police thanks the public, media and the
numerous law enforcement agencies throughout Illinois and Indiana
for their assistance with this investigation.
[Text from file received from
Illinois State Police]
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