Strange and Sad Local Story Of Evanston Siblings Right Out Of A Vincent Price Movie

A very sad story of an elderly woman and her deceased siblings found decomposed in their longtime nearby Evanston home earlier in the week that I meant to post earlier but got distracted by that thing called the election aftermath....

Elderly Evanston woman found living with bodies of 3 siblings

-- chicagotribune.com: "Evanston emergency personnel work at the scene where three dead bodies were found in the 1200 block of Judson Avenue in Evanston, Ill. Authorities, including a City of Evanston Senior Advocate, responded to the home in the 1200 block of Judson Avenue about 10:15 a.m. and met with an elderly woman who told them the three, all of whom were her relatives, had been dead for some time. (Tribune photo by David Banks / November 7, 2008)

Updates at Chicago Breaking News Center

The bodies of three elderly siblings thought to have been dead 'for some time' were discovered Friday in a home where a fourth sibling also lived in a quiet Evanston neighborhood, police said.

A preliminary investigation showed no signs of foul play, said police Cmdr. Thomas Guenther, adding that the bodies were found in different parts of the rambling, two-story home, and that some were covered with blankets.

'They all could have passed away on different time periods over a period of time,' Guenther said. 'That has to be determined.'

Officials did not release the names, ages or sexes of the deceased. Autopsies were scheduled for Saturday.

Police were called to the home in the 1200 block of Judson Avenue about 10:15 a.m. Friday, where they met with an elderly woman who lived there. She was described as a longtime resident who apparently was in contact with an Evanston senior advocate and a family lawyer, one of whom called police, Guenther said.

The resident, who is cooperating with police, is 'upwards of 90 years of age' and has been taken to a nearby facility for care, he said."

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