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Homicide Investigation Underway After Woman Found Dead Inside Bar in Momence, Illinois

On Monday, Kankakee County Sheriff's Office deputies found 30-year-old Courtney M. Drysdale dead inside her Momence bar and pronounced her dead at the scene.
Evidence from the preliminary investigation prompted Kankakee County detectives to classify the death as a homicide, and on Tuesday authorities released images of a person of interest and a white BMW while the coroner began an autopsy.
Anyone with tips is asked to call the sheriff's office or Crime Stoppers, which offers a $5,000 reward; Drysdale was believed to have just opened her bar at 11 a.m. when she was killed.
Friends and coworkers said Drysdale leaves behind a fiancé and a school-age daughter, and the bar posted on social media Monday evening that it would be closed until further notice.
With few public details released, investigators continue to probe the rural scene at The Line tavern, about 65 miles south of Chicago near the Illinois-Indiana state line, while authorities withhold evidence details.

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