{"id":8360,"date":"2026-01-21T06:37:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T06:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/?p=8360"},"modified":"2026-01-21T06:37:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T06:37:31","slug":"suspect-vehicle-in-wisconsin-murder-found-in-illinois-driver-dead-wqad-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/?p=8360","title":{"rendered":"Suspect vehicle in Wisconsin murder found in Illinois, driver dead &#8211; wqad.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"robot-feature-image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.tegna-media.com\/assets\/KIDY\/images\/c33343a9-bf18-42ca-b9e6-44e9bb89770c\/20250811T211810\/c33343a9-bf18-42ca-b9e6-44e9bb89770c_1140x641.jpg?w=860&#038;ssl=1\" \/><br \/>To stream News 8 on your phone, you need the News 8 app.<br \/>Next up in <span class=\"video__endslate-counter\">5<\/span><br \/>Example video title will go here for this video<br \/>Next up in <span class=\"video__endslate-counter\">5<\/span><br \/>Example video title will go here for this video<\/p>\n<p>PRINCETON, Illinois \u2014 A death investigation is underway after a vehicle wanted in connection with a Wisconsin homicide was found near Princeton, Illinois, state police said. The driver and only occupant was found dead inside.&nbsp;<br \/>Around 9:50 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 10, troopers with the Illinois State Police and other law enforcement officers found a suspect vehicle wanted in connection with a homicide in Rock County, Wisconsin.&nbsp;<br \/>Police said they attempted to conduct a traffic stop when a pursuit started. It ended at the Great Sauk Trail Rest Area on I-80 westbound, just north of Wyanet.&nbsp;<br \/>When officers approached the vehicle, ISP said they found the driver had died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.&nbsp;<br \/>ISP said it is conducting an investigation and will remain in contact with the Bureau County State&#8217;s Attorney on the incident. No additional information is available.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi3wFBVV95cUxQOE9HTHV5bDVfMmI5aWFLaEhvd2p1OG84WGxzMklUNTBoUWFsWmJUb09Zd1Q2YWc2YmhncVkxRXk5MWxjWGU2NDdydURWTENhUkdOTS0yVkRDM2pLRFJHYTVrSDZhMmdqaEVLdkdvTTZURFVOaVJQZHJRMXZzUTQ4SFZ6dHVSb1pZdnpOeDZNQWtaaTl6Q3Z5aDB4YkFlQkNJcktfTTZzVkVSU3hsRGZIcGl1LVN2bUJQUDg1MlV6V0VISkZad3ZyVGtkMDc1X3luTVBrZWpEemVnQ1Z5aG1z?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To stream News 8 on your phone, you need the News 8 app.Next up in 5Example video title will go here for this videoNext up in 5Example video title will go here for this video PRINCETON, Illinois \u2014 A death investigation is underway after a vehicle wanted in connection with a Wisconsin homicide was found near Princeton, Illinois, state police<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8360\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}