The McHenry County Coroner has decided that there will not be an inquest into the death of Robert (Bobby) Delisi, whose body was found on (or along) the Metra railroad tracks near the Woodstock Police Department on September 13, 2011.
This likely means that the public will never learn the cause and manner of Delisi's death.
Was Delisi's death caused by an overdose of illegal (or legal) drugs? If so, isn't this in the public interest? And, if he did, shouldn't the Woodstock Police Department be hot on the trail of his supplier(s)? The toxicology report is likely to be withheld by the Woodstock Police Department, and the only way to get the information into the public's hands is through the Coroner.
Why is this important? Illegal drug use and abuse are huge problems in Woodstock and McHenry County. But you'd never know it from the local newspapers. Sure, every once in a while, somebody gets caught with some white stuff or a pipe or other paraphernalia.
Incidentally, I would favor routine drug testing for all law enforcement and firefighter personnel in McHenry County. (This is sure to increase my popularity...)
If you believe that Coroner Marlene Lantz should hold an inquest into Bobby Delisi's death, email her at malantz@co.mchenry.il.us
If you'd like me to know also, send me a cc: or bcc: I shall not reveal your name.
Showing posts with label Delisi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Delisi. Show all posts
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Philpott's name - part of Delisi investigation
I got tied into the police investigation of the death of Bobby Delisi on September 13. I wonder whether I should publish my comment to the detective of the Woodstock Police Department, when he called me. I generally avoid the use of profanity on this blog.
After the Northwest Herald articles came out, I wrote my first article opining on Bobby Delisi's death and where and how his body was discovered on the outbound Metra tracks near the Woodstock Police station.
I admit that my timing was wrong. After I received a polite email from one relative, I decide to pull the article from this blog.
Then a couple of nastygrams from other relatives arrived. I hoped that I understood their grief and their reaction, and I did not respond "in kind." And then Det. Sgt. Kurt Rosenquist called me for a copy of the article that I had written (and pulled). He said he had been contacted by three family members and one anonymous person, who had complained about my article.
Kurt and I get along okay, even though I've been hammering the Woodstock Police Department over the lack of any news about activity in the Beth Bentley disappearance and the initial blocking of contact with the Woodstock Area Crime Stoppers group. But I was very direct about just what he could tell anyone who whined to the police department about an article on a blog.
Maybe if he had not said he was calling because he had received those contacts, I might have felt differently. Fortunately, I am not intimidated by any police contact. I have some knowledge of how police work; not a lot, but enough to understand the "game". Some people will be scared by contact with police; I am not. I know people in and around Woodstock who have been scared (and scarred) by contact with law enforcement.
I still hold onto the naive idea that the police are your friends. They are there "to protect and serve."
As one member of the McHenry County Sheriff's Department is reported to have said a couple of years ago, the motto is not to protect and serve "us", meaning the deputies. It is the protect and to serve the public.
After the Northwest Herald articles came out, I wrote my first article opining on Bobby Delisi's death and where and how his body was discovered on the outbound Metra tracks near the Woodstock Police station.
I admit that my timing was wrong. After I received a polite email from one relative, I decide to pull the article from this blog.
Then a couple of nastygrams from other relatives arrived. I hoped that I understood their grief and their reaction, and I did not respond "in kind." And then Det. Sgt. Kurt Rosenquist called me for a copy of the article that I had written (and pulled). He said he had been contacted by three family members and one anonymous person, who had complained about my article.
Kurt and I get along okay, even though I've been hammering the Woodstock Police Department over the lack of any news about activity in the Beth Bentley disappearance and the initial blocking of contact with the Woodstock Area Crime Stoppers group. But I was very direct about just what he could tell anyone who whined to the police department about an article on a blog.
Maybe if he had not said he was calling because he had received those contacts, I might have felt differently. Fortunately, I am not intimidated by any police contact. I have some knowledge of how police work; not a lot, but enough to understand the "game". Some people will be scared by contact with police; I am not. I know people in and around Woodstock who have been scared (and scarred) by contact with law enforcement.
I still hold onto the naive idea that the police are your friends. They are there "to protect and serve."
As one member of the McHenry County Sheriff's Department is reported to have said a couple of years ago, the motto is not to protect and serve "us", meaning the deputies. It is the protect and to serve the public.
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