By: Diane Benjamin All of these coroner reports are available in the documentation for the County Justice Committee: https://mcleancountyil.gov/478/Justice-Committee See January-March of 2024 reports here: https://blnnews.com/2024/05/03/the-coroners-reports/ The first 3 months of 2024 show 7 suicides. I don’t know if “probable” are reflected the following month or not. The reports below add another 12, total of […]
By: Diane Benjamin I am purposely refraining from using percentage increases in the data below. I believe that would distort the actual numbers. For example, I could tell you confirmed suicides increased 40% between 2019 and 2020. The actual number increase was 9, very tragic but 40% sounds far worse than 9. There are a […]
By: Diane Benjamin September numbers from Justice Committee packet for tomorrow, year to date numbers compiled by me: https://www.mcleancountyil.gov/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/8398 The County is going to sign an agreement with a collection agency to collect unpaid court fines. They might want to re-think how they abbreviate the company name: (anybody surprised they are an Illinois corporation?) (If […]
Nobody asked any questions at the Justice Committee meeting! By: Diane Benjamin The County Justice Committee is meeting today. See the documentation here: https://mcleancountyil.gov/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/8339 The coroner’s report is included every month, year to date numbers aren’t. See PDF page 5 for August 2021 numbers. I had to chart the suicides by looking at reports for […]
By: Diane Benjamin In 2019 McLean County saw a total of 18 suicides. The total for 2020 was 27. That is is 50% increase in one year. 1 more death is under investigation as a probably suicide according to the December report. Drug overdoses are down from 26 in 2019. Covid? Lockdowns? Schools closed? Anybody […]
By: Diane Benjamin I compiled these numbers from the Coroner’s Report filed monthly with the McLean County Board Justice Committee. All of the below can be found in the meeting attachments here: https://www.mcleancountyil.gov/478/Justice-Committee I wanted to see what effect the COVID shutdown is having in McLean County. There isn’t enough information in the Coroner’s report […]
